This assessment reveals that gender inequalities remain widespread in the country and particularly evident in rural areas, despite the progress made in establishing a legal and policy framework for advancing women’s rights and gender equality.

The Country Opinion Survey for FY2013 in Niger assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Niger perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Niger on 1) their views regardi...