Bangladesh / Mexico / South Africa / Peru / Namibia / Lesotho / Egypt / Jordan / Pakistan / United States / Uganda / China / Ghana / Ethiopia / India / /
Currency
USD / ETB / BDT / /
Facility
Training Institute / Göttingen University / /
IndustryTerm
acceptable law / population groups / reproductive technologies / brother-in-law / inequitable inheritance systems / education services / food / gross domestic product / customary law / bank loans / /
MarketIndex
Gender Development / Human Development / /
NaturalFeature
Dawabari river / /
Organization
World Health Organization / International Monetary Fund / United Nations Development Fund for Women / United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund / Executive Board / Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development / OECD Development Centre / United Nations Population Fund / UN General Assembly / Division for the Advancement of Women / World Bank / International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women / United Nations / Chronic Poverty Research Centre / OECD SIGI / UN Development Programme / International Water and Sanitation Centre / office of the Special / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization / Göttingen University / /
Person
Mari Bhat / Saila / Robert B. Zoellic / Stephan Klasen / Robert Zoellick / Van Wijk-Sijbesma / /
Position
Advisor / President / head / kebele administrator / official / King / /
Region
sub-Saharan Africa / Middle East / North Africa / East Asia / South Asia / Asia Pacific / /
Introduction Stemming girls’ chronic poverty As highlighted by the recent commitment to creating a higherprofile and better-resourced United Nations (UN) agency to tackle gender inequality,1 there is growing recogniti