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Closing Gaps, Increasing Opportunities: A Diagnostic on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-28T19:19:48Z
dc.date.available2022-03-28T19:19:48Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-03
dc.description.abstractAs 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099000003032278094/P1740380dc16e506c093130997a7fb664f6
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/37225
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37225
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectWOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectWOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectWOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.titleClosing Gaps, Increasing Opportunitiesen
dc.title.subtitleA Diagnostic on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Nigeriaen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleClosing Gaps, Increasing Opportunities
okr.date.disclosure2022-03-03
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T12:20:29.930485Z
okr.date.lastmodified2022-03-09T00:00:00Zen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099000003032278094/P1740380dc16e506c093130997a7fb664f6
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum33749937
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33749937
okr.identifier.report169115
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099000003032278094/pdf/P1740380dc16e506c093130997a7fb664f6.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryNigeria
okr.topicGender
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Development
okr.unitHD - Africa 2 Director (HAWDR)
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