Publication: How Large Is the Gender Dividend? Measuring Selected Impacts and Costs of Gender Inequality
Date
2020-03-03
ISSN
Published
2020-03-03
Author(s)
Onagoruwa, Adenike
Malé, Chata
Montenegro, Claudio
Nguyen, Hoa
Abstract
Reducing gender inequality makes economic sense apart from being the right thing to do. Achieving gender 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 throughout their life, economic costs are measured in terms of losses in human capital wealth, as opposed to annual losses in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or GDP 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).
Citation
“Wodon, Quentin; Onagoruwa, Adenike; Malé, Chata; Montenegro, Claudio; Nguyen, Hoa; de la Brière, Bénédicte. 2020. How Large Is the Gender Dividend? Measuring Selected Impacts and Costs of Gender Inequality; How Large Is the Gender Dividend? Measuring Selected Impacts and Costs of Gender Inequality. The Cost of Gender Inequality Notes Series;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33396 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”