Equality for Women = Prosperity for All
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Equality for Women = Prosperity for All by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
The World Bank's enormous global project entitled Women, Business and the Law is the basis for many of the amazing findings presented in this startling volume. A systematic survey of 173 countries around the world was undertaken, and each economy was evaluated in terms of the answers to 47 questions concerning the rights of women in that locale. Typical examples of the 47 questions include: Can a woman, whether married or single, apply for a passport in the same way as a man? Can she travel outside the country? Can she sign a contract? Are there criminal sanctions for sexual harassment? There are 40 other equally pertinent questions asked. Astonishingly, the survey revealed a direct correlation between how many freedoms women enjoyed and how much prosperity was enjoyed by that particular country. This priceless and pioneering book proves irrefutably, once and for all, that freedom for women equals prosperity for all.
Augusto Lopez-Carlos is currently a Senior Fellow at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. From 2011 to 2017 he was the Director of the Global Indicators Group at the World Bank Group. He is a brilliant public speaker and a leading world authority on gender inequality and economics. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani is an Iranian writer who grew up in Uganda. Her novel The Saddlebag was an international bestseller. She has taught European and American literature, and now lives in France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781250051189 |
| ISBN 10 | 1250051185 |
| Title | Equality for Women = Prosperity for All |
| Author | Bahiyyih Nakhjavani |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2018-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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