Guinea : The Economic Benefits of a Gender Inclusive Society

This report examines the extent of gender gaps, their economic impact, and proposes policies to improve gender equality in Guinea. Although the government of Guinea has taken actions to boost gender equality, significant challenges persist. Child m...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD MARRIAGE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WOMEN IN BUSINESS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WAGE GAP MATERNAL MORTALITY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ADOLESCENT GIRL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/607191569339066369/Guinea-The-Economic-Benefits-of-a-Gender-Inclusive-Society http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32507

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spelling	okr-10986-325072021-05-25T09:28:08Z Guinea : The Economic Benefits of a Gender Inclusive Society World Bank GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD MARRIAGE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WOMEN IN BUSINESS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WAGE GAP MATERNAL MORTALITY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ADOLESCENT GIRL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT This report examines the extent of gender gaps, their economic impact, and proposes policies to improve gender equality in Guinea. Although the government of Guinea has taken actions to boost gender equality, significant challenges persist. Child marriage is widespread among girls, reducing girls’ education and resulting in among the highest rates of early childbearing worldwide. Moreover, female genital mutilation is almost universal with high societal costs on women’s health. Girls reaching adulthood have lower education levels than men, lower wages,and lower agricultural productivity. Reducing gender inequality in Guinea could potentially accelerate per capita GDP growth by up to 0.6 percentage points per year or 10.2 percent overall by 2035, according to the results of estimations from a Computable General Equilibrium Model. This is a rate of return to investment of 8.2 percent per year. Policy recommendations to tackle the gender divide focus on legislative changes and programs intended to boost the productivity of adult women, reduce the prevalence of child marriage, early child bearing, and female genital mutilation/excision. 2019-10-07T20:52:35Z 2019-10-07T20:52:35Z 2019-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/607191569339066369/Guinea-The-Economic-Benefits-of-a-Gender-Inclusive-Society http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32507 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Africa Guinea
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topic	GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD MARRIAGE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WOMEN IN BUSINESS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WAGE GAP MATERNAL MORTALITY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ADOLESCENT GIRL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT
spellingShingle	GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD MARRIAGE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION WOMEN IN BUSINESS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WAGE GAP MATERNAL MORTALITY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ADOLESCENT GIRL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT World Bank Guinea : The Economic Benefits of a Gender Inclusive Society
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description	This report examines the extent of gender gaps, their economic impact, and proposes policies to improve gender equality in Guinea. Although the government of Guinea has taken actions to boost gender equality, significant challenges persist. Child marriage is widespread among girls, reducing girls’ education and resulting in among the highest rates of early childbearing worldwide. Moreover, female genital mutilation is almost universal with high societal costs on women’s health. Girls reaching adulthood have lower education levels than men, lower wages,and lower agricultural productivity. Reducing gender inequality in Guinea could potentially accelerate per capita GDP growth by up to 0.6 percentage points per year or 10.2 percent overall by 2035, according to the results of estimations from a Computable General Equilibrium Model. This is a rate of return to investment of 8.2 percent per year. Policy recommendations to tackle the gender divide focus on legislative changes and programs intended to boost the productivity of adult women, reduce the prevalence of child marriage, early child bearing, and female genital mutilation/excision.
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title	Guinea : The Economic Benefits of a Gender Inclusive Society
title_short	Guinea : The Economic Benefits of a Gender Inclusive Society
title_full	Guinea : The Economic Benefits of a Gender Inclusive Society
title_fullStr	Guinea : The Economic Benefits of a Gender Inclusive Society
title_full_unstemmed	Guinea : The Economic Benefits of a Gender Inclusive Society
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/607191569339066369/Guinea-The-Economic-Benefits-of-a-Gender-Inclusive-Society http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32507
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