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The report notes that while women in the Middle East and North Africa are better educated and skilled than ever, the share of them in work is still amongst the lowest in the world. The report acknowledges that women do not share the same rights as men although there are major differences between countries. Bringing the legal frameworks, in particular family and labour laws, in line with gender goals enshrined in national constitutions should enable more women to enter employment and make MENA economies more competitive and inclusive

This booklet presents a compilation of frequently used graphs on entrepreneurship trends and SME performance drawn from the OECD Statistics and Data Directorate’s databases of Structural and Demographic Business Statistics (SDBS), Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship (TIE), Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (TEC), Entrepreneurship Finance Database (EFD), and the Future of Business Survey (FOBS).

The Gender Balande Guide lays out the road-map for the United Arab Emirates and its organisations to harness the untapped potential that women represent. Building on OECD expertise, it provides a list of practical actions that can be taken by UAE organisations in order to achieve gender balance and work towards gender equality.

A short document assessing the availability of time use surveys in BRIICS and selected emerging economies will be produced. This will include a review assessing the quality of the statistical information that can be obtained from these surveys, in terms of activity categories used, sample sizes, country coverage and sample representativeness (e.g. rural/urban), etc. On the basis of the results of the review, the Policy Dialogue will lead to the development of a measure of unpaid care work and time poverty for a few selected countries for which time use surveys have been conducted in recent years and fulfil minimum data quality requirements.

This policy guidance furthers the work of the OECD/INFE in helping policy makers and relevant stakeholders to address gender differences in financial literacy and to financially empower women and girls. The guidance is complemented by and based on an in-depth publication reviewing available evidence and highlighting possible factors behind women’s different financial competencies. The publication also analyses the challenges to enhance women’s and girls’ competencies, and draws lessons to develop efficient and tailored financial education programmes for women and girls