Closing Gaps, Increasing Opportunities : A Diagnostic on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Nigeria
As Nigeria faces the immediate challenge of stimulating economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and corresponding economic shocks, it also can address the sizable gender gaps that undermine women’s economic empowerment...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099000003032278094/P1740380dc16e506c093130997a7fb664f6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37225 |
| Summary: | As Nigeria faces the immediate
challenge of stimulating economic recovery in the wake of
the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and corresponding
economic shocks, it also can address the sizable gender gaps
that undermine women’s economic empowerment and hinder
inclusive economic growth. Gender disparities in earnings
not only hold back the Nigerian economy, they also represent
an opportunity: closing the gender gaps in key economic
sectors could yield additional gains of US9.3 billion
dollars or up to US22.9 billion dollars. Women’s economic
empowerment will also be key to accelerating a demographic
transition and reaping the gains of a demographic dividend.
Drawing on data from the most recent Nigeria General
Household Survey (2018-2019), this report makes five
critical contributions: (1) highlighting the gender gaps in
labor force participation; (2) documenting the magnitude and
drivers of the gender gaps in key economic sectors; (3)
diving deep into three contextual constraints: land,
livestock, and occupational segregation; (4) measuring the
costs of the gender gaps; and (5) offering policy and
programming recommendations of innovative options to close
the gender gaps. |
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