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Human rights | Poverty | Law enforcement | Violence against | Poor | Violence

This report on voice and agency, which builds on the 2012 World Development Report, focuses on several areas key to women's empowerment: freedom from violence,... 
Women | Women's rights | Economic conditions | Economic development | Social conditions | Frauenpolitik | Mädchen | Frauenbewegung | Entwicklungsland | Frauenbildung | GENDER DIFFERENCES | INEQUALITY | INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN | POLICY FORMULATION | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | SERVICE DELIVERY | BASIS OF SEX | LIFE SKILLS | SEXUALLY ACTIVE | PUBLIC ARENA | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | SEXUAL PARTNER | EQUAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN | MARRIED WOMEN | WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP | PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY | WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT | CHILD MARRIAGE | FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS | NUMBER OF WOMEN | SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE | ACCESS TO EDUCATION | MARITAL STATUS | UNICEF | PREGNANCY | PERSISTENT GAPS | GENDER GAP | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | NATIONAL LEVEL | FEMININITY | REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN | MORTALITY | POOR FAMILIES | CHILD CARE | COMMISSION OF WOMEN | SEX | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | UNEQUAL POWER | FEMALE CHILDREN | REFUGEE STATUS | SEXUAL HARASSMENT | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | SANITATION | FERTILITY | CONDOM | EDUCATED MOTHERS | ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS | MARRIAGES | ENHANCING WOMEN | PUBLIC LIFE | INFORMATION SYSTEM | MEDICAL CARE | CHILD HEALTH | BREAST-FEEDING | MASCULINITY | EMPOWERING WOMEN | SOCIAL MOBILITY | PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN | PRIMARY EDUCATION | SOCIAL STATUS | BARRIERS TO WOMEN | ACT OF VIOLENCE | RISKY BEHAVIOR | EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN | URBAN WOMEN | LIVING STANDARDS | RURAL WOMEN | DISCRIMINATORY LAWS | MATERNAL HEALTH | ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES | DISCRIMINATION | EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY | PHYSICAL HEALTH | BEATING | IUD | FAMILY MEMBERS | SOCIAL SUPPORT | ADVANCING GENDER EQUALITY | FUTURE GENERATIONS | OWNERSHIP OF LAND | GENDER STATISTICS | GENDER PARITY | CULTURAL CHANGE | HUSBANDS | FEWER WOMEN | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION | FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION | PRIMARY SCHOOL | ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES | PEACE | RURAL AREAS | CONTRACEPTION | GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT | REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION | ACCESS TO NETWORKS | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | EQUAL RIGHTS | PROGRESS | SECONDARY EDUCATION | REFUGEE | UNITED NATIONS | SOCIAL NORMS | MIGRATION | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION | SOCIAL STATUS OF WOMEN | SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS | UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND | POLITICAL PARTICIPATION | FAMILY PLANNING | POLICY RESEARCH | TEEN | INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | FEWER CHILDREN | LAND OWNERSHIP | ADOLESCENT GIRLS | GENDER NORMS | GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | VICTIMS | CONTROL OVER RESOURCES | PRIMARY SCHOOLING | BIRTH CONTROL | ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY | SECONDARY SCHOOL | MINORITY | MOTHER | WOMEN VICTIMS | DEVELOPMENT GOALS | LACK OF AWARENESS | PREFERENCE FOR SONS | EQUAL PARTICIPATION | FREEDOM OF CHOICE | DISSEMINATION | SOCIAL DIMENSION | NUTRITION | INHERITANCE | REFUGEES | ETHNIC GROUP | EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT | EQUAL RELATIONSHIPS | SELF-CONFIDENCE | SOCIAL CHANGE | MARITAL RAPE | VOCATIONAL TRAINING | INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION | ACCESS TO JUSTICE | WORKING CONDITIONS | YOUNG WOMEN | BENEFITS FOR WOMEN | GENDER ROLES | MUTUAL RESPECT | OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN | MIGRATION POLICY | POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT | EQUALITY IN EDUCATION | POSTNATAL CARE | PREGNANCY-RELATED CAUSES | USAID | ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | ADOLESCENTS | ANTENATAL CARE | NATIONAL LAWS | LEGAL STATUS | LOWER FERTILITY | LEVEL OF EDUCATION | INDIVIDUAL WOMEN | DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN | CUSTOMARY PRACTICES | FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION | REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION | PRINCIPLES OF GENDER EQUALITY | EFFECTS OF GENDER | HEALTH PROBLEMS | MENTAL HEALTH | REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | WOMAN | WOMEN LEADERS | EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE | EDUCATED WOMEN | EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN | ROLE OF GENDER | EMERGENCIES | GENDER GAPS | LIFE EXPECTANCY | PRENATAL CARE | BABIES | PLACE OF RESIDENCE | WOMEN IN POLITICS | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | UNFPA | EARLY MARRIAGE | GENDER EQUALITY | SERVICE PROVISION | TEEN PREGNANCY | EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS | OLD AGE | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | EPIDEMIC | PARLIAMENTARY SEATS | FORMS OF GENDER | REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES | SECTORAL POLICIES | REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS | SPOUSES | GENDER ISSUES | PRODUCTIVITY | UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This is a book about the state of governance in the Middle East and North Africa, and how it affects growth and development in the region. Using an analytical... 
Arab countries Social conditions | Arab countries Economic policy | Arab countries Politics and government | Public administration | REMEDIES | CORRUPTION | SERVICE DELIVERY | CITIZENS | NATIONAL INCOME | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT | EXECUTIVE POWER | PUBLIC GOVERNANCE | EMPLOYMENT | ECONOMIC GROWTH | BUREAUCRACY | GOOD GOVERNANCE | PUBLIC POLICY | CONSTITUTIONS | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | NEPOTISM | PURCHASING POWER PARITY | PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY | AUTHORITY | BRIBERY | LAWS | INVESTMENT RATES | FREEDOM OF CHOICE | PARLIAMENT | PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE | AMBITION | CONSTITUENCIES | NATIONS | PUBLIC HEALTH | SUBSIDIARY | BAD GOVERNANCE | ECONOMIC POLICIES | EXTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY | PUBLIC AGENCY | REGULATORY FRAMEWORK | GOVERNANCE PROCESSES | LABOR UNION | PRIVATE INVESTMENT | CONSENSUS | SCHOOLS | INCOME LEVEL | CIVIL SOCIETY | INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS | PUBLIC SERVICE | INCOME | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | LIBERATION | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS | RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS | MEASURING GOVERNANCE | POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT | REPRESENTATION IN PROJECT ACCOUNTABILITY | ACHIEVEMENTS | GOVERNANCE | GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS | LIVELIHOODS | GOVERNANCE INDICATORS | GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS | IMPROVING GOVERNANCE | VOTING | ELECTED OFFICIALS | GOVERNANCE ISSUES | PUBLIC GOODS | GOVERNANCE REFORMS | PER CAPITA INCOMES | PUBLIC SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY | CODES OF CONDUCT | DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION | RULE OF LAW | GOVERNMENT | POLITICAL RISK | PURCHASING POWER | SOCIAL SERVICES | PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY | ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY | PUBLIC SECTOR | ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS | REGULATORY QUALITY | PUBLIC PROCUREMENT | GOVERNANCE QUALITY | NATIONAL ELECTIONS | MUNICIPAL SERVICES | DISCLOSURE | DISCRIMINATION | CONSTITUENCY | POLITICIANS | DRINKING WATER | LEGAL PROVISIONS | RESOURCE CURSE | PUBLIC SERVICES | ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS | CONSTITUTION | SOCIAL EQUITY | JUSTICE | CIVIL SERVANTS | CLEAN WATER | OIL | YOUTH | DIRECT INVESTMENT | CONSTITUTIONALITY | INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY | POLITICAL POWER | JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE | POLITICAL LEADERS | ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNANCE | LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY | URBANIZATION | INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | EQUALITY OF TREATMENT | PROPERTY RIGHTS | GOVERNMENT ACTION | POOR GOVERNANCE | ECONOMIC ACTIVITY | TRANSPARENCY | GOVERNMENT INFORMATION | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | CITIZEN | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE | DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT | FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT | POLICY MAKING PROCESSES | PUBLIC OFFICIALS | INFANT MORTALITY | VIOLENCE | LEGISLATURE | PRODUCTIVITY | BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT | GOVERNMENT POLICIES

Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within... 
Urban ecology (Sociology) | Urban policy | Urban health | Urban poor | Effect of human beings on | Environmental aspects | Climatic changes | City planning | Social aspects | Economics | Developing countries | Urban planning | Slums | Basic services | Urban poverty | Disaster risk | Vulnerability

This book explores the place of poor people within a rich variety of value chains, focusing upon lagging, rural regions in Africa and Asia, and how they can... 
Rural development | Rural poor | Agriculture | Poverty | Economic development | Economics | Environmental Economics | Sustainable Development | Economics and Development | Environment & Economics | Agriculture - Developing countries | Developing countries

"Inspired by C. K. Prahalad's breakthrough insights in the original edition of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, a wide variety of firms are... 
Poor | Globalization | Economic aspects | Economic assistance | Social aspects | International business enterprises | Non-governmental organizations

Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in... 
Seasonal variations (Economics) | Development Studies | Health Geography | Environmental Impact Assessment | Rural Development | Sustainable Development | Resource Management - Environmental Studies | Development Geography | Rural Studies | Climate Change | Environmental Change & Pollution | Agriculture and Food | Agriculture & Environmental Sciences | Environment & the Developing World | Environmental Geography | Environment & Resources | Seasonal variations (Economics) - Developing countries | Rural development | Rural poor

Public-private partnerships are increasingly advocated to alleviate deficiencies in the public health system as well as to reduce economic stress on those who... 
Medical policy | Medical care | Poor | Medical economics | Public-private sector cooperation | Health & Development | Public Health Policy and Practice | India (studies of) | Public Policy | Asian Economics | Health & Society | Asian Politics | South Asian Studies | Development Economics | Political Economic Studies | Asian Studies | Economics and Development | Medical economics - India

Poor | Globalization | Economic aspects | Economic assistance | Social aspects | International business enterprises | Non-governmental organizations

Poverty and governance are both issues high on the agenda of international agencies and governments in the South. With urban areas accounting for a steadily... 
Urban poor | Municipal government | Poverty | Sociology, Social Studies | City and Urban Planning | Governance - Politics & International Relations | Sustainable Development | Cities & Infrastructure (Urban Studies) | Poverty - Developing countries

Global poverty, economist Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about 80% of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing... 
Poor | Poverty | Sociology, Social Studies | Developing countries | Economic development projects | Political culture

As water scarcities increase, nations throughout the world are in search of better institutions to manage water resources. India has been making substantial... 
Administration | Services for | Water resources development | Public institutions | Water-supply | Rural poor | Sustainable development | Government policy | Environment | Economics | Environmental Economics | Governance - Politics & International Relations | Water Engineering | Environment & Economics | Politics & International Relations | Developing countries | India

International cooperation | Poor | Nutrition | Nutrition policy | Malnutrition | Food supply | Government policy