Assessing Women's Economic Contributions to Development (Phd 6) (Background Papers for Training in Population, Human Resources, and Development Planning) Illustrated edition

World Employment Programme Background papers for training in population, human resources and development planning. Paper No. 6. The main objective of the Programme is to help Member States incorporate demographic elements into employment-related policies and, more broadly, to facilitate the integration of population and human resources development issues into national development planning. The present paper addresses the issues of assessing women's contribution to economic development.