Female Labor Force Participation in Bangladesh

This knowledge note is designed to support operational teams to design interventions to help address the challenges of female labor force participation in Bangladesh. The note presents a brief overview of the status and dynamics of female labor force participation in Bangladesh, along with a discussion of underlying causes. It identifies potential areas for investment and policy intervention and provides good practice case examples from World Bank projects around the world.

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief biblioteca
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019-06
Subjects:FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET, GENDER WAGE GAP, SOCIAL NORMS, HOUSEHOLD WORK, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, SAFE TRANSPORT,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/824081597730661331/Female-Labor-Force-Participation-in-Bangladesh-What-do-We-Know-How-Can-We-Address-it-in-Operations
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/34396
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Summary:This knowledge note is designed to support operational teams to design interventions to help address the challenges of female labor force participation in Bangladesh. The note presents a brief overview of the status and dynamics of female labor force participation in Bangladesh, along with a discussion of underlying causes. It identifies potential areas for investment and policy intervention and provides good practice case examples from World Bank projects around the world.