this is evidenced in the women business and the law report world bank which finds that of the economies surveyed had at least one law impeding womens economic opportunities in economies with legal differentiations survey respondents at fi rms owned or managed by women report paying more bribes this suggests that a lack of legal parity creates additional business costs for women this inequality begins with inheritance rights according to the report s data in out of countries sons and daughters do not have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents of those countries are in the mena region