World BankInternational Finance Corporation2017-06-282017-06-282011https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27444Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court. Women, business and the law describes regional trends and shows how economies are changing across these six areas, tracking governments' actions to expand economic opportunities for women. For men and women throughout the developing world, the chance to start and run a business or get a good job is the surest hope for a way out of poverty. It also requires good business regulation, suited to the purpose, streamlined and accessible, so that the opportunity to build a business or have a good job is dependent not on connections, wealth or power, but on an individual's initiative and ability. The doing business report has led the way in providing data to countries about creating a sounder and more streamlined business environment. Women, Business, and the Law 2012 are the second in this series of reports. This edition retains the same basic structure of the 2010 pilot edition, while significantly expanding the depth of data covered. While the number of topics covered is the same, there has been a significant expansion of the data collected within these topics, thus addressing some of the initial shortcomings of the pilot edition. The number of economies covered has also been expanded from 128 to 141.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CREDITACCESS TO FINANCEACCESS TO JOBSACCESS TO JUSTICEACCESS TO LANDACCESS TO RESOURCESADVANCEMENT OF WOMENAFFIRMATIVE ACTIONAFFORDABILITYALLOCATION OF RESOURCESBANK ACCOUNTBANK LOANSBANKSBASIC INFRASTRUCTURECAREER ADVANCEMENTCHARACTERISTICS OF WOMENCHILD CARECHILD REARINGCITIZENSCOMPENSATIONCORRUPTIONCOST OF HIRING WOMENCOURTCREDIT BUREAUCREDIT HISTORIESCREDIT INFORMATIONCREDIT REGISTRIESCULTURAL NORMSCUSTOMARY LAWDEDUCTIBLEDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDISMISSALDISSEMINATIONDIVORCEDOMICILEEARNINGSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENECONOMIC OPPORTUNITYECONOMIC RIGHTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYEREMPOWERMENTENTREPRENEUREQUAL ACCESSEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENEQUAL RIGHTSEQUAL RIGHTS OF WOMENEQUAL STATUSEQUALITYEQUALITY FOR WOMENEQUALITY OF WOMENFAMILIESFAMILY BUSINESSESFAMILY WELFAREFEMALEFEMALE ENTREPRENEURSFEMALE HEADFEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDFEMALE LABORFEMALE LABOR FORCEFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONFINANCIAL CAPITALFINANCIAL SERVICESFORMAL CREDITFORMAL EQUALITYFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONFORMS OF GENDERGENDERGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIMENSIONGENDER DISPARITYGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUALITY IN FEBRUARYGENDER EQUALITY ISSUESGENDER GAPGENDER INDICATORSGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER ISSUESGENDER LAWGENDER NEUTRALGENDER PARITYGENDER STATISTICSGROUP OF WOMENHEADS OF HOUSEHOLDHOMEHOUSEHOLD DYNAMICSHUMAN BEINGSHUMAN RESOURCESHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS TREATIESHUSBANDIDENTITY DOCUMENTSIMMOVABLE PROPERTYINCOME GROUPINCOME TAXINCOME TAX LIABILITYINDIVIDUAL WOMENINEQUALITYINFORMAL ECONOMYINFORMAL SECTORSINHERITANCEINHERITANCE RIGHTSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTSJOB CREATIONJOB OPPORTUNITIESJOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENJUDGESLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR LAWLABOUR FORCELABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATESLACK OF PROPERTYLAND REGISTRATIONLAW ON GENDER EQUALITYLAWSLAWS ON WOMENLEGAL CHANGESLEGAL REFORMLEGAL RIGHTSLEGAL SERVICESLEGISLATIONLIBERTIESLOANLOAN AMOUNTMARITAL PROPERTYMARITAL STATUSMARRIAGE LAWMARRIED COUPLEMARRIED MENMARRIED WOMANMATERNITY BENEFITSMATERNITY LEAVEMICROFINANCEMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONSMICROFINANCE LOANSOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENOVERDRAFTOWNERSHIP RIGHTSPARENTAL LEAVEPARTICIPATION BY WOMENPATERNITY LEAVEPEACEPENSIONPHYSICAL INTEGRITYPOLITICAL CHANGEPREGNANT WOMENPREJUDICEPRIVATE CREDITPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPROPERTY OWNERSHIPPROPERTY RIGHTSPROVISION OF SERVICESPUBLIC CREDITPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC SCHOOLPUBLIC SERVICEREGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMENREPAYMENTREPRODUCTIVE AGERESPECTRESPONSIBILITIES OF MENRESTRICTIONS FOR WOMENRIGHTS FOR WOMENSAVINGSSEXSEXUAL HARASSMENTSMALL BUSINESSSMALL BUSINESS OWNERSSMALL LOANSSOCIAL INSTITUTIONSSOCIAL RIGHTSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL TABOOSSON PREFERENCESPOUSAL VIOLENCESPOUSESUSTAINABLE GROWTHTAX CREDITSTAX DEDUCTIONSTAX LEGISLATIONUNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEUNITED NATIONS TREATYUNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTSUNMARRIED MANUNMARRIED WOMANWIFEWILLWOMANWOMEN ENTREPRENEURSWOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIPWOMEN EQUALITYWOMEN IN BUSINESSWOMEN WITH REGARDWOMEN WORKERSWORKFORCEWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/27444