The regulatory environment for women's economic participation has improved over the past two years, with 40 economies enacting 62 reforms that will help women - half the world's population - realize their potential and contribute to economic growth and development, says a new World Bank study. Still, the results are uneven -- women in many countries have only a fraction of the legal rights of men, holding back their economic and social development.
The study, Women Business and the Law 2020, measures 190 economies, tracking how laws affect women at different stages in their working lives and focusing on those laws applicable in the main business city. It covers reforms in eight areas that are associated with women's economic empowerment, conducted from June 2017 to September 2019.
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