Gender Equality, Development, and the Sex Gap in Mortality: A World View • Carla Medalia, University of Pennsylvania ; Virginia W. Chang, University of Pennsylvania

Gender Equity and MDG Progress: A Comparison between Africa and Asia-Pacific • Jean Louis Rallu, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Testing the Link between Fertility Declines and Women’s Empowerment in Developing Countries • Susan M. Lee-Rife, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) ; Anju Malhotra, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) ; Sophie Namy, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

Family Systems, Political Systems and Asia’s "Missing Girls": The Construction of Son Preference and Its Unraveling • Monica Das Gupta, World Bank Group