Costing the Gender Gap
In sub-Saharan Africa women comprise a large proportion of the agricultural labor force, yet they are consistently found to be less productive than male farmers. The gender gap in agricultural productivity-measured by the value of agricultural prod...
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Format: | Brief |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/745301468184751511/Costing-the-gender-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25452 |
Summary: | In sub-Saharan Africa women comprise a
large proportion of the agricultural labor force, yet they
are consistently found to be less productive than male
farmers. The gender gap in agricultural
productivity-measured by the value of agricultural produce
per unit of cultivated land-ranges from 4-25 percent,
depending on the country and the crop.1 The World Bank
Africa Gender Innovation Lab, UN Women, and the UNDP-UNEP
Poverty-Environment Initiative jointly produced a report to
quantify the cost of the gender gap and the potential gains
from closing that gap in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda. This
report illustrates why the gender gap matters. Closing the
gender gap of 28 percent in Malawi, 16 percent in Tanzania
and 13 percent in Uganda could result in gross gains to GDP,
along with other positive development outcomes, such as
reduced poverty and greater food security. However, it is
important to stress that these potential gains do not come
without cost. Closing the gender gap will require changing
existing or designing new policies, which may require
additional resources. |
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