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    Gender-Sensitive and Child-Friendly Budgeting in Zimbabwe"

    World Bank, 2010
    This article is part of a compilation of articles under the title 'Demanding Good Governance - Lessons from Social Accountability Initiatives in Africa' by the World Bank. It highlights the lessons of two social accountability initiatives in Zimbabwe in terms of context, processes and results for possible replication and further learning by policymakers, practitioners, and technocrats.
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    Growth and economic opportunities for women: literature review to inform the DFID-IDRC-Hewlett Foundation research program on women's economic empowerment, gender equality and growth in low income countries

    International Development Research Centre, 2013
    This is a background paper for a new research programme on women’s economic empowerment. It is a comprehensive literature review on the state of the field. Section 1 briefly discusses the global evidence on existing gender disparities in employment, wages, business opportunities, and the care economy.
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    Measuring the Economic Gain of Investing in Girls: The Girl Effect Dividend

    World Bank, 2011
    This paper estimates the costs incurred by societies as a result of the social exclusion of adolescent girls. It explores the potential increases in national income that could be gained by addressing early school dropout, teenage pregnancy and joblessness. It finds that marginal investments in girls can have a substantial impact on GDP growth.
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    Aid in Support of Women's Economic Empowerment

    Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2011
    Economic empowerment aims to raise the capacity of women and men to participate in, contribute to and benefit from growth processes in ways which recognise the value of their contributions, respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate a fairer distribution of the benefits of growth.
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    Women and the formal economy

    Australian Agency for International Development, 2011
    This think piece by Lorraine Corner concerns women and the formal economy. Historically, in high income countries participation in the formal economy has been the most important route to women’s empowerment and increased gender equality.  The costs of gender inequality in the formal economy are high, especially in developing countries.
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    Empowering Women: Legal Rights and Economic Opportunities in Africa

    World Bank, 2012
    This World Bank publication is the first study to look systematically across Sub-Saharan Africa to examine the impacts of property rights on women’s economic empowerment. The book examines family, inheritance, and land laws.
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    The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) Blog

    2014
    Since 2001, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) has worked for women’s rights and philanthropy across the African continent. The first pan-African women’s grant maker on the continent, AWDF has provided US$17 million in grants to 800 women’s organisations in 42 African countries.
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    Gender equality and economic growth: Is there a win-win?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    To what extent does gender equality contribute to economic growth? And to what extent does the reverse relationship hold true?
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    Genre et Performance Entrepreneuriale en République Démocratique du Congo

    2013
    Ce Policy Brief explore le rôle du genre dans la performance entrepreneuriale en République Démocratique du Congo. Il évalue l’influence du genre sur la performance des entreprises tout en identifiant les facteurs de différenciation entre entrepreneurs masculins et féminins.
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    Equality Path: planning and budgeting with a gender lens

    UN Women, 2012
    An increasing number of countries are introducing measures in their planning and budgeting processes to address more effectively the persisting inequalities between women and men and boys and girls in all sectors. This video features the GRB experiences in India, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, Mali and Bolivia. [source abstract]

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