02831cam a22003614a 45000010005000000030015000050050017000200060019000370070015000560080041000710200026001120200018001380200018001560240030001740350028002040900019002322450124002512600044003753000031004194900029004505201663004795880047021426500021021896500021022107100032022317100021022637760034022848300037023188300026023558560061023819420008024429990019024502366The World Bank20260707185209.0m        d        cr cn|||||||||020129s2007    dcu     o    i001 0 eng    a082136975Xc19.99 USD  a9780821369760  z97808213697538 a10.1596/978-0-8213-6975-3  a(The World Bank)bk50876  c167979d13923100aGlobal Monitoring Report 2007:h[electronic resource]bConfronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States  aWashington, D.C.bThe World Bank,c2007  a1 online resource (270 p.)1 aGlobal Monitoring Report  aThe 2007 Global Monitoring Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) assesses the contributions of developing countries, developed countries, and international financial institutions toward meeting universally agreed development commitments. Fourth in a series of annual reports leading up to 2015, this year's report reviews key developments of the past year, emerging priorities, and provides a detailed region-by-region picture of performance in the developing regions of the world, drawing on indicators for poverty, education, gender equality, health, and other goals. Subtitled "Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States", this year's report highlights two key thematic areas-gender equality and empowerment of women (the third MDG) and the special problems of fragile states, where extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated. The report, which is jointly issued by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, argues that gender equality and the empowerment of women are central to the development agenda. This is because gender equality makes good economic sense and because it helps advance the other development goals-including education, nutrition, and reducing child mortality. Rapid progress has been made in some areas, such as achieving educational parity for girls in primary and secondary school in most countries. But in many other dimensions-including political representation and participation in nonagricultural employment-performance still falls short. Better monitoring and efforts at mainstreaming gender equality requires realistic goals, strong leadership, technical expertise, and financing.  aDescription based on print version record. 4aWorld Bank96732 4aWorld Bank967322 aInternational Monetary Fund2 aWorld Bank9246508aPrint Version:z9780821369753 0aGlobal Monitoring Report9204691 0aWorld Bank e-Library.40uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821369753  cEBK  c167979d139231