References
- World Bank. World development indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank Group; 2017. Available from: https://data.worldbank.org/products/wdi
- Huynen MM, Martens P, Hilderink HB. The health impacts of globalization: a conceptual framework. Global Health. 2005;1:14.
- Kumar S, Kumar N, Vivekadhish S. Millennium development goals (MDGs) to sustainable development goals (SDGs): addressing unfinished agenda and strengthening sustainable development and partnership. Indian J Community Med. 2016;41:1–10.
- World Health Organization. Maternal mortality. Geneva: WHO; 2018 [cited 2018 Jul 6]. Available from: http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/maternal-mortality
- United Nations. Sustainable development goals report 2016. New York: United Nations; 2016.
- United Nations Development Programme. Human development reports: human development data (1990–2015). UNDP; 2018 [cited 2018 Mar 21]. Available from: http://hdr.undp.org/en/data
- Bernal JL, Cummins S, Gasparrini A. Interrupted time series regression for the evaluation of public health interventions: a tutorial. Int J Epidemiol. 2017;46:348–355.
- Michielutte R, Shelton B, Paskett ED, et al. Use of an interrupted time-series design to evaluate a cancer screening program. Health Educ Res. 2000;15:615–623.
- Cruz M, Gillen DL, Bender M, et al. Assessing health care interventions via an interrupted time series model: study power and design considerations. Stat Med. 2019;38:1734–1752.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Zahidi S. The global gender gap report 2006. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2006.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Zahidi S. The global gender gap report 2007. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2007.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Zahidi S. The global gender gap report 2008. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2008.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Zahidi S. The global gender gap report 2009. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2009.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Zahidi S. The global gender gap report 2010. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2010.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Zahidi S. The global gender gap report 2011. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2011.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Zahidi S. The global gender gap report 2012. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2012.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Forum WE. The global gender gap report 2013. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2013.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Forum WE. The global gender gap report 2014. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2014.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Forum WE. The global gender gap report 2015. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2015.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Forum WE. The global gender gap report 2016. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2016.
- Hausmann R, Tyson LD, Forum WE. The global gender gap report 2017. Geneva: World Economic Forum; 2017.
- UNICEF. The state of the world’s children 2017: children in a digital world. New York: UNICEF; 2017.
- Central Intelligence Agency. The world factbook. Washington (DC): CIA; 2018.
- BBC. China profile timeline: a chronology of key events. BBC; 2017 [cited 2018 Mar 12]. Available from: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13017882
- BBC. Nepal profile timeline: a chronology of key events. BBC; 2017 [cited 2018 Mar 12]. Available from: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12499391
- BBC. Nicaragua timeline: a chronology of key events. BBC; 2017 [cited 2018 Mar 12]. Available from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1225283.stm
- World Bank. Where we work. The World Bank; 2018 [cited 2018 Nov 16]. Available from: https://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work
- Linden A. Conducting interrupted time-series analysis for single- and multiple-group comparisons. Stata J. 2015;15:480–500.
- Baum CF, Schaffer ME. A general approach to testing for autocorrelation. Boston: Boston College; 2013.
- Linden A. A matching framework to improve causal inference in interrupted time-series analysis. J Eval Clin Pract. 2018 4;24:408–415.
- Liu B, Li L, Yang C. Gender equality in China’s economic transformation. New York: United Nations; 2014. p. 21–22.
- International Labour Organization. ILO Asia-Pacific working paper series: women in the labour market in China. Bangkok: ILO; 2015.
- Catalyst. Women in the workforce: China. 2017 [cited 2018 Jul 6]. Available from: http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/women-workforce-china
- Stauffer B. “Only men need apply” gender discrimination in job advertisements in China. New York: Human Rights Watch; 2018.
- China Labor Bulletin. Workplace discrimination. China Labor Bulletin; 2019 [updated Aug 2019; cited 2019 Oct 29]. Available from: https://clb.org.hk/content/workplace-discrimination
- China Ministries and Groups. Further regulating recruitment and promoting women’s employment. Beijing; 2019.
- Hesketh T, Lu L, Xing ZW. The consequences of son preference and sex-selective abortion in China and other Asian countries. Cmaj. 2011;183:1374–1377.
- Golley J, Tyers R. China’s gender imbalance and its economic performance. The China story. Canberra: The Australian National University; 2012.
- Reynolds E The challenge of keeping nepalese girls in school. 2011. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/sep/16/nepal-challenge-keeping-girls-in-school
- Human Rights Watch. World report 2017: Nepal events of 2016. Human Rights Watch; 2018 [cited 2018 May 2]. Available from: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/nepal
- UNDP Nepal. The interim constitution of Nepal, 2063 (2007). New York: UNDP; 2009.
- Baruah N, Reyes J. Nepal elections: more women have a seat at the table, but will they have a voice? San Francisco: The Asia Foundation; 2017 [cited 2018 Jul 6]. Available from: https://asiafoundation.org/2017/12/13/nepal-elections-women-seat-table-will-voice/
- Freedom House. Freedom in the world 2018-Nicaragua. New York: Freedom House; 2018.
- World Bank. Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2017: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division (Vol. 2). Washington (DC): World Bank Group; 2019.
- Capoy A. Nicaragua, the world’s unlikely champion of gender equality. Quartz; 2015 [cited 2019 Oct 24]. Available from: https://qz.com/556722/nicaragua-the-worlds-unlikely-champion-of-gender-equality/
- United Nations Women. Progress on the sustainable development goals: the gender snapshot 2019. New York: United Nations; 2019.
- Klugman J, Hanmer L, Twigg S, et al. Voice and agency: empowering women and girls for shared prosperity. Washinton, DC: The World Bank; 2014.
- International Labour Office. Women at work: trends 2016. Geneva: ILO; 2016.
- Milazzo A, Goldstein M. Governance and women’s economic and political participation: power inequalities, formal constraints and norms. Washinton, DC: World Bank; 2017.
- Morton M, Klugman J, Hanmer L, et al. Gender at work: a companion to the world development report on jobs. Washington, DC: World Bank; 2014.
- United Nations. Leave no one behind: a call to action for gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. New York: United Nations; 2017.
- Razavi S. World development report 2012: gender equality and development—a commentary. Dev Change. 2012;43:423–437.