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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969669903321

Titolo

The Little Data Book on Gender in Africa 2012/2013

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : The World Bank, , 2013

ISBN

9780821397862

0821397869

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 pages)

Collana

Africa Development Indicators.

Disciplina

316

Soggetti

Women in development - Africa

Women - Africa - Social conditions

Women - Africa - Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Users guide -- Country tables (in alphabetical order) -- Algeria -- Angola -- Benin -- Botswana -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi -- Cameroon -- Cape Verde -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Comoros -- Congo, Democratic Republic of -- Congo, Republic of -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Djibouti -- Egypt, Arab Republic of -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Gabon -- Gambia, The -- Ghana -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Kenya -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Libya -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Mali -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Rwanda -- São Tomé and Príncipe -- Senegal -- Seychelles -- Sierra Leone -- Somalia -- South Africa -- Sudan -- Swaziland -- Tanzania -- Togo -- Tunisia -- Uganda -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe -- Glossary -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

The Little Data Book on Gender in Africa 2012/13 provides a summary collection of gender statistics on Africa available in one volume. It contains 60 indicators, covering 53 African countries. Additional data may be found on the companion CD-ROM or online, covering about 1,700 indicators from 1961 to 2011. Key themes are: Basic demographic indicators; Education; Health; Labor force and wages; Women's empowerment. Designed to provide all those interested in Africa with quick reference and a reliable set of data to monitor



development programs and aid flows in the region, this is an invaluable pocket edition reference tool for analysts and policy makers who want a better understanding of the economic and social developments occurring in Africa. For free access to Africa Development Indicators online, please visit http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog.