Gender Inequality, Human Capital Wealth, and Development Outcomes in Uganda
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 achie...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/213621566566072282/Gender-Inequality-Human-Capital-Wealth-and-Development-Outcomes-in-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32787 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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