TY - BOOK AU - Roy,K.C. AU - Blomqvist,H.C. AU - Clark,Cal TI - Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy T2 - World Scientific studies in international economics, SN - 9812709967 AV - HQ1381 .I44 2008 U1 - 305.42090511 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Hackensack, NJ PB - World Scientific KW - Women KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions KW - Employment KW - Government policy KW - Social institutions N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Development and Gender Empowerment: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues; Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark --; 2; Dimensions of Poverty and Discrimination Against Women; Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark --; 3; Can the State and its Institutions Facilitate Gender Empowerment?; Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark --; 4; Institutions and Gender Empowerment in India; Kartik C. Roy --; 5; Gender, Institutions, and Empowerment: Lessons from China; Jude Howell --; 6; Institutions and Gender Empowerment in Taiwan; Cal Clark and Janet Clark --; 7; Institutions and Women’s Empowerment in Kenya; Tabitha W. Kiriti-Nganga --; 8; Institutions and Gender Empowerment in the Global Economy: The Peruvian Case, 1990–2005; Patricia Fuertes Medina --; 9; Institutions and Gender Empowerment in the Fiji Islands; Biman C. Prasad and Nalini Lata --; 10; Gender Empowerment and the Status of Women in Great Britain; Rene P. McEldowney --; 11; Institutions and Women’s Empowerment in the United States; Cal Clark and Janet Clark --; 12; Institutions and Gender Empowerment in Greece; Rosita Dellios --; 13; Institutions and Women’s Empowerment in the Contemporary World; Cal Clark, Kartik C. Roy and Hans C. Blomqvist ER -