Keeping Girls in School : A Review of the Global Evidence

Gender gaps in education have closed in almost all countries, especially at the primary level. In fact, these gaps have reversed in many countries in secondary education, especially in Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, where it is now boys and young men who are disadvantaged. Despite the...

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Main Author:	Özler, Berk
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	ADOLESCENT DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND EARLY MARRIAGE FERTILITY GIRLS EDUCATION SCHOOL SKILLS TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24556

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spelling	okr-10986-245562021-05-25T08:48:57Z Keeping Girls in School : A Review of the Global Evidence Özler, Berk ADOLESCENT DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND EARLY MARRIAGE FERTILITY GIRLS EDUCATION SCHOOL SKILLS TEENAGE PREGNANCY Gender gaps in education have closed in almost all countries, especially at the primary level. In fact, these gaps have reversed in many countries in secondary education, especially in Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, where it is now boys and young men who are disadvantaged. Despite the overall progress, however, primary and secondary school enrollments for girls remain much lower than for boys for disadvantaged populations in many Sub-Saharan countries and some parts of South Asia (World Bank 2012). One of the key messages of the World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development is that much of the progress was possible when the removal of a single barrier was sufficient to make significant gains. Three main areas where this has been possible are: (i) increasing returns to education for women; (ii) removing institutional constraints; and (iii) increasing household incomes. In this policy brief, we summarize the extant evidence in these three areas and draw some policy conclusions. 2016-06-17T17:29:17Z 2016-06-17T17:29:17Z 2016-06-17 Brief http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24556 English en_US Country Policy Brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Malawi
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description	Gender gaps in education have closed in almost all countries, especially at the primary level. In fact, these gaps have reversed in many countries in secondary education, especially in Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, where it is now boys and young men who are disadvantaged. Despite the overall progress, however, primary and secondary school enrollments for girls remain much lower than for boys for disadvantaged populations in many Sub-Saharan countries and some parts of South Asia (World Bank 2012). One of the key messages of the World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development is that much of the progress was possible when the removal of a single barrier was sufficient to make significant gains. Three main areas where this has been possible are: (i) increasing returns to education for women; (ii) removing institutional constraints; and (iii) increasing household incomes. In this policy brief, we summarize the extant evidence in these three areas and draw some policy conclusions.
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Keeping Girls in School : A Review of the Global Evidence

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