Publication: Female Labor Force Participation in Bangladesh: What Do We Know? How Can We Address it in Operations?
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2019-06
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2020-08-31
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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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“World Bank Group. 2019. Female Labor Force Participation in Bangladesh: What Do We Know? How Can We Address it in Operations?. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34396 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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