Gender Inequality, Human Capital Wealth, and Development Outcomes in Uganda

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Gender Inequality, Human Capital Wealth, and Development Outcomes in Uganda

dc.contributor.author	Onagoruwa, Adenike
dc.contributor.author	Wodon, Quentin
dc.date.accessioned	2019-12-05T17:10:42Z
dc.date.available	2019-12-05T17:10:42Z
dc.date.issued	2019-08
dc.description.abstract	Reducing gender inequality makes economic sense apart from being the right thing to do. Achievinggender equality and empowering all women and girls is the fifth sustainable development goal and is a top priority for governments. Countries can achieve this goal if they take appropriate steps. This note is part of a series that aims to measure the economic cost of gender inequality globally and regionally by examining the impacts of gender inequality in a wide range of areas and the costs associated with those impacts. Given that gender inequality affects individuals throughouttheir life, economic costs are measured in terms of losses in human capital wealth, as opposed to annual losses in income or economic growth. The notes also aim to provide a synthesis of the available evidence on successful programs and policies that contribute to gender equality in multiple areas and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This note has two main objectives. The first is to estimate potential losses in national wealth due to inequality inearnings between men and women in Uganda. The second is to document the impact of gender inequality in selected other domains, including fertility and population growth, health outcomes for young children, and measures of women’s agency.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/213621566566072282/Gender-Inequality-Human-Capital-Wealth-and-Development-Outcomes-in-Uganda
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/32787
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/32787
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	The Cost of Gender Inequality;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	GENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subject	GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	STANDARD OF LIVING
dc.subject	ACCESS TO MODERN CONTRACEPTION
dc.subject	CHILD MARRIAGE
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	NATIONAL WEALTH
dc.subject	UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
dc.title	Gender Inequality, Human Capital Wealth, and Development Outcomes in Uganda	en
dc.type	Brief	en
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okr.crossref.title	Gender Inequality, Human Capital Wealth, and Development Outcomes in Uganda
okr.date.disclosure	2019-12-03
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okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Uganda
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Development
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Social Development
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	Education AFR 2 (HAFE2)
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