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1. Contextual analysis and the development of the Africa Gender Index
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Motivation for the Africa Gender Index
1.3 Rationale for the development of the joint Africa Development Bank-UN Economic Commission for Africa (Bank-UNECA) Africa Gender Index Africa Gender Index
1.4 Goal and objectives of the Africa Gender Index
2. Conceptual framework of the Africa Gender Index
2.1 Dimensions of the Africa Gender Index
2.2 Criteria for Indicator Selection
2.3 Definition of Indicators
2.4 Imputation of Missing Data
2.5 Limitations of the Africa Gender Index
3. Calculating the Africa Gender Index Africa Gender Index
3.1 Step 1 : Normalizing variables
3.2 Step 2 : Aggregating within dimensions
3.3 Step 3 : Calculating the dimension gender gap
3.4 Step 4 : Aggregating across dimensions
4. Main Findings
4.1 Africa Gender Index and Component Indices Gap
4.2 Robustness Analysis
4.3 Dimension Gap Analysis
4.4 Climate change impact on the wellbeing of women and men
4.5 Gender Equality and Women’s Reproductive Health