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Introduction, overview and future policy agenda / Mayra Buvinić and Andrew R. Morrison -- The state of the world progress, 1990-2007 / Andrew R. Morrison, Shwtlena Sabarwal, and Mirja Sjöblom -- Indicators and indexes of gender equality : what do they measure and what do they miss? / Caren Grown -- Monitoring progress in gender equality in the labor market / Zafiris Tzannatos -- The financial requirements of achieving gender equality and women's empowerment / Caren Grown ... [et al.] -- What money can't buy : getting the implementation right for MDG3 in South Asia / Maitreyi Bordia Das -- Policy interventions to meet the MDG3 challenge in developing countries : experiences from Mexico / Miguel Székely -- Gender mainstreaming : making it happen / Rekha Mehra and Geeta Rao Gupta.