Monday, 21 May 2012
The App lets users easily find the analysis and policy recommendations of most interest throughout the report by key message, region, topic, or several dozen key words such as suffrage, household decision making, credit, and domestic violence. It also contains a complete PDF of the WDR for those who want to navigate by chapter.
WDR 2012 App for iPad makes this key World Bank flagship report on gender equality and development accessible and mobile.
Key Features:
With sharing and saving features as well as a special section on the tabular data from the WDR, the WDR 2012 App for iPad enables development professionals, journalists, students, CSOs, researchers, and anyone interested in the state of women and girls around the world to get the most out of this year's WDR.
Click here for a quick video walk-through
Source: World Bank
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29 May
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31 May
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