Gender inequalities, economic growth and economic reform: A preliminary longitudinal evaluation

Employment Paper 2003/45

Type Working paper
Date issued 2003
Reference 92-2-113572-1 (ISBN)
Authors Nancy Forsythe, Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz, Nomaan Majid, Gwyndolyn Weathers, Valerie Durrant
Unit responsible Employment
Subjects economic growth, economic reform, structural adjustment, womens empowerment, developed countries, developing countries
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This study analyzes and further develops data on gender inequality to evaluate the cross-sectorial and longitudinal impact of economic growth and structural adjustment on changes in gender inequality. The findings reported in this article address a key question in existing debates : Have strategies of economic growth and structural reform in recent decades served to enhance or undermine the status of women? Covers trends from 1970 to 1997.

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