An Exception to the Gender Gap in Education : The Middle East?

Ezzine, Mourad; Thacker, Simon; Chamlou, Nadereh

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An Exception to the Gender Gap in Education : The Middle East?

dc.contributor.author	Ezzine, Mourad
dc.contributor.author	Thacker, Simon
dc.contributor.author	Chamlou, Nadereh
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-13T13:26:19Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-13T13:26:19Z
dc.date.issued	2011-07
dc.description.abstract	An interesting consequence of the Arab Spring is that it is compelling the West to re-evaluate its understanding of the Middle East. Stereotypes and misconceptions have abounded, but today the region can no longer be grossly dismissed as home only to extremists or the oil-rich. Instead, a more nuanced and accurate picture is emerging: one that is as full of contradictions as an image of any region will be. For a region not known for its equitable attitudes towards women, for instance, the Middle East offers up some surprising results for girls in school, results that are much better in some ways than the rest of the world.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/15088733/exception-gender-gap-education-middle-east
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10885
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 41
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	CLASSROOMS
dc.subject	CULTURES
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject	EDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subject	EDUCATED POPULACE
dc.subject	EDUCATED WOMEN
dc.subject	EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	ENROLMENT RATE
dc.subject	EXAM
dc.subject	EXAMS
dc.subject	FAMILY STRUCTURE
dc.subject	FEMALE STUDENTS
dc.subject	FIRST GRADE
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject	GENDER GAP
dc.subject	GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION
dc.subject	GENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GIRLS IN MATH
dc.subject	GIRLS IN SCHOOL
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLMENT
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLMENT RATE
dc.subject	HIGHER GRADE
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	KINDERGARTEN
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEARNING ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	MATHEMATICS
dc.subject	OCCUPATIONS
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOLS
dc.subject	READING
dc.subject	SCHOOL LEVEL
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONTEXT
dc.subject	SOCIETIES
dc.subject	TERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	TRAINING SCHOOLS
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	UNESCO
dc.subject	VOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.subject	WOMEN STUDENTS
dc.title	An Exception to the Gender Gap in Education : The Middle East?	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Gender
okr.date.disclosure	2011-09-20
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/15088733/exception-gender-gap-education-middle-east
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Education
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000356161_20110920014916
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	15088733
okr.identifier.report	64499
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2011/09/20/000356161_20110920014916/Rendered/PDF/644990BRI0MENA00Box0361538B0PUBLIC0.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.administrative	Europe and Central Asia
okr.topic	Gender :: Gender and Development
okr.topic	Culture and Development :: Anthropology
okr.topic	Gender :: Gender and Education
okr.topic	Education :: Education For All
okr.topic	Education :: Primary Education
okr.unit	Office of the Chief Economist (MNACE)
okr.volume	1 of 1