Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger

Reducing gender inequality could increase GDP per capita by more than a fourth in Niger by 2030. These significant economic gains would be generated by enabling women to have the same earnings as men and reducing fertility and thereby population gr...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	GENDER INEQUALITY AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB EDUCATION CHILD MARRIAGE EARLY CHILDBEARING EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ADOLESCENT GIRL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FERTILITY CHILD HEALTH FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER WAGE GAP EMPLOYMENT CGE MODEL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/541361576613122122/Economic-Impacts-of-Gender-Inequality-in-Niger http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33093

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spelling	okr-10986-330932021-05-25T09:31:07Z Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger World Bank GENDER INEQUALITY AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB EDUCATION CHILD MARRIAGE EARLY CHILDBEARING EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ADOLESCENT GIRL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FERTILITY CHILD HEALTH FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER WAGE GAP EMPLOYMENT CGE MODEL Reducing gender inequality could increase GDP per capita by more than a fourth in Niger by 2030. These significant economic gains would be generated by enabling women to have the same earnings as men and reducing fertility and thereby population growth. Investing in girls’ education and reducing child marriage are critical to achieve these objectives, as are investments to raise women’s participation in the labor force and their productivity at work. While the estimates of the gains presented in this study are meant only to provide orders of magnitude, they suggest that achieving gender equality could have major benefits and should be a top priority for the government. 2019-12-24T15:39:18Z 2019-12-24T15:39:18Z 2019-10-31 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/541361576613122122/Economic-Impacts-of-Gender-Inequality-in-Niger http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33093 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 Niger
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topic	GENDER INEQUALITY AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB EDUCATION CHILD MARRIAGE EARLY CHILDBEARING EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ADOLESCENT GIRL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FERTILITY CHILD HEALTH FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER WAGE GAP EMPLOYMENT CGE MODEL
spellingShingle	GENDER INEQUALITY AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB EDUCATION CHILD MARRIAGE EARLY CHILDBEARING EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ADOLESCENT GIRL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FERTILITY CHILD HEALTH FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER WAGE GAP EMPLOYMENT CGE MODEL World Bank Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger
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description	Reducing gender inequality could increase GDP per capita by more than a fourth in Niger by 2030. These significant economic gains would be generated by enabling women to have the same earnings as men and reducing fertility and thereby population growth. Investing in girls’ education and reducing child marriage are critical to achieve these objectives, as are investments to raise women’s participation in the labor force and their productivity at work. While the estimates of the gains presented in this study are meant only to provide orders of magnitude, they suggest that achieving gender equality could have major benefits and should be a top priority for the government.
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author	World Bank
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title	Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger
title_short	Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger
title_full	Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger
title_fullStr	Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger
title_full_unstemmed	Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger
title_sort	economic impacts of gender inequality in niger
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/541361576613122122/Economic-Impacts-of-Gender-Inequality-in-Niger http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33093
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Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger

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