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  "title": "F&D Magazine: A Mother’s Example",
  "publication": "IMF Blog, June 17, 2013",
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  "summary": "Publication date: June 17, 2013.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Publication date: June 17, 2013.\n- Personal narrative framing: author reflects on childhood observing her mother’s dual responsibilities—managing a day staff at Nazareth College and returning in the evenings to staff the office for evening classes while managing household duties.\n- Meta-theme: highlights the diversity of women’s work experiences across the globe and the juggling of professional and household responsibilities."
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    {
      "heading": "Findings and observations on women and work",
      "content": "- The world has seen “tremendous progress in a relatively short time” in women’s participation in the workforce; women now work in all fields and professions and are a driving force in many economies.\n- Stagnation note: “for the past decade women’s labor participation has been stuck at the same level.”\n- Persistent gaps: “women still lag men in many areas, especially in the developing world.”\n- Competing priorities: in some regions, labor market participation rates are secondary to concerns about “safety, health, education.”"
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    {
      "heading": "Contributions and featured analyses in the issue",
      "content": "- Overview by IMF economist Janet Stotsky, referencing her 2006 paper on gender and macroeconomic policy that found improved gender equality could boost growth.\n- Additional articles include:\n  - Differing perceptions of men and women analysts on Wall Street.\n  - Impact of India’s practice of setting aside a third of village council seats for women.\n  - Rising entrepreneurship among African women.\n  - How the rising proportion of women in economics has begun to alter the profession’s views on various policy questions.\n- Other issue topics: China’s changing labor market, outflow of private capital from emerging market economies, bank stress tests, emergence of borrowers in international capital markets in sub-Saharan Africa, profile of economist Carmen Reinhart and her 2010 paper with Kenneth Rogoff."
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      "heading": "Institutional context and disclaimers",
      "content": "- IMFBlog described as a forum for views of IMF staff and officials on pressing economic and policy issues.\n- IMF location and membership: “based in Washington D.C.” and an organization of 191 countries.\n- Standard editorial disclaimer: “The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF and its Executive Board.”\n\nSource: F&D Magazine: A Mother’s Example (June 17, 2013).\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Straight Talk\n- women at work\n- analysts on Wall Street\n- India’s practice\n- rising entrepreneurship\n- China’s changing labor market\n- bank stress tests\n- emergence of borrowers\n- profile of economist Carmen Reinhart\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2013/06/17/fd-magazine-a-mothers-example"
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    "Authors: IMF economist Janet Stotsky, whose trailblazing 2006 paper on gender, macroeconomic policy found improved gender equality could boost growth.­",
    "Published: June 17, 2013",
    "Publication date: June 17, 2013.",
    "Personal narrative framing: author reflects on childhood observing her mother’s dual responsibilities—managing a day staff at Nazareth College and returning in the evenings to staff the office for evening classes while managing household duties.",
    "Meta-theme: highlights the diversity of women’s work experiences across the globe and the juggling of professional and household responsibilities.",
    "The world has seen “tremendous progress in a relatively short time” in women’s participation in the workforce; women now work in all fields and professions and are a driving force in many economies.",
    "Stagnation note: “for the past decade women’s labor participation has been stuck at the same level.”",
    "Persistent gaps: “women still lag men in many areas, especially in the developing world.”",
    "Competing priorities: in some regions, labor market participation rates are secondary to concerns about “safety, health, education.”",
    "Overview by IMF economist Janet Stotsky, referencing her 2006 paper on gender and macroeconomic policy that found improved gender equality could boost growth.",
    "Additional articles include:",
    "Other issue topics: China’s changing labor market, outflow of private capital from emerging market economies, bank stress tests, emergence of borrowers in international capital markets in sub-Saharan Africa, profile of economist Carmen Reinhart and her 2010 paper with Kenneth Rogoff.",
    "IMFBlog described as a forum for views of IMF staff and officials on pressing economic and policy issues.",
    "IMF location and membership: “based in Washington D.C.” and an organization of 191 countries.",
    "Standard editorial disclaimer: “The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF and its Executive Board.”",
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    "[China’s changing labor market](http://imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/das.htm)",
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    "[emergence of borrowers](http://imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/sy.htm)",
    "[profile of economist Carmen Reinhart](http://imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/people.htm)"
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