Cashing in on education : women, childcare, and prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Mercedes Mateo Diaz and Lourdes Rodriguez-Chamussy

• Autore: Mateo Diaz Mercedes
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2016]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (pages cm)
• Disciplina: 331.4/1144098
• Soggetto topico: Women - Employment - Latin America; Women - Employment - Caribbean Area; Child care services - Latin America
• Persona (resp. second.): Rodríguez-ChamussyLourdes
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Economic gains from increasing women's participation in the labor market -- Why is childcare a key policy? -- Female labor force participation in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Use of childcare services -- Childcare provision: service features for working mothers -- International benchmarking: female labor supply and childcare -- Assessing childcare demand: a case study -- Taking childcare programs to scale: a basic package -- Challenges ahead.
• Sommario/riassunto: Investments in education across countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have transformed the lives of millions of girls and the prospects of their families and societies.Unleashing the full economic potential of women is nevertheless still a curtailed issue in the region: just about half of women are unable to participate in paid work.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cashing in on education
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910965635903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.