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  Gender in the PRSPs: A Stocktaking

  World Bank, 2001

  Opportunities for poverty reduction have been missed through neglect of gender issues. This is the conclusion of a review by the Gender and Development Group of the World Bank of 19 Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), four full PRSPs, and the accompanying Joint Bank and Fund Staff Assessments (JSAs). An examination of these reveals that overall attention to gender is minimal.
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  Gender-responsive government budgeting

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This paper examines the concept of gender-responsive government budgeting (GRGB) and the extent of its implementation by national governments in both advanced and developing countries.The paper argues that in order for GRGB to be fully effective, obstacles such as gender-biased culture, the lack of appropriate budget classifications, and the lack of gender analysis expertise and gender-disaggre
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  Between Profits and Fairness, Quality and Equitable Services for SMEs inLatin America

  Intercambio, Peru, 2003

  The book presents an innovative perspective on how to go about implementing the salient cross-cutting themes of Gender Equity and Women's Empowerment in the context of providing business services to SMEs in Latin America. The analysis is based on 98 case studies of business development and microfinance services offered by private service entities.
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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 12: Gender and Budgets

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  Why is progress towards gender equality so slow? In part, this is a failure to attach money to policy commitments. While government budgets allocate resources in ways that perpetuate gender biases, budgets also offer the potential to transform gender inequalities. The first article of this issue of In Brief shows how in recent years gender budget initiatives (GBI) have risen to this challenge.
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  Gender and Budgets: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  What lessons can be learned from the implementation of gender budget initiatives (GBIs) across the world? What tools are available to support successful implementation? This collection of resources on gender and budgets seeks to answer these questions.
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  Gender and Budgets Cutting Edge Pack (CEP)

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  Everyone who has struggled to mainstream gender into public policy recognises that programmed action without money attached amounts to inaction. While government budgets allocate resources in ways that perpetuate gender biases, budgets also offer the potential to transform gender inequalities.
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  Migration and Employment in Ho Chi Minh City

  1996

  The Doi Moi reforms, meaning literally 'renovation' allowed for relaxation of registration, employment opportunities in the private sector, and the possibility of self-employment. Similar to reforms in China, these have resulted in an upsurge of 'spontaneous' migration in contrast to previous population moves which were either government organised or sponsored.
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  Women's Migration and Urban Integration in the Context of Doi Moi

  Vietnam Institute of Economics, 2000

  The Doi Moi economic reforms introduced in 1986 allowed for a relaxation of restrictions on the household registration system which obstructed rural-urban migration. The registration system no longer limits acquisition of essential goods in cities, however it still restricts migrants' participation in the housing, credit, business and land market.
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  BRIDGE Bibliography 13: Gender and Migration in Asia: Overview and Annotated Bibliography

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  Labour markets have been transformed by the process of globalisation and migration in recent decades, and this transformation has had important but varied gendered dimensions and impacts. This bibliography highlights the key gender issues and concerns in relation to voluntary economic migration in Asia, both internal and cross-border.
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  The Economic Transition in China and Vietnam: Crossing the Poverty Line is just the First Step for Women and their Families

  Taylor and Francis Group, 1997

  The changing strategies are compared of women and their families during the economic transition in China and Vietnam. Employment strategies to improve the family's well-being have resulted in increased rural-urban migration by men and young women, while middle-aged, married women remain in the countryside taking care of farms and children.

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