Girls' Education in the 21st Century : Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth
Gender equality is not just a women's issue, it is a development issue. Women's economic empowerment is essential for economic development, growth, and poverty reduction not only because of the income it generates, but also because it hel...
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okr-10986-65542021-04-23T14:02:25Z Girls' Education in the 21st Century : Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth Tembon, Mercy Fort, Lucia EARNINGS ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY EMPOWERMENT FEMALE EDUCATION GENDER EQUITY LABOR MARKETS POVERTY REDUCTION SOCIETAL HEALTH Gender equality is not just a women's issue, it is a development issue. Women's economic empowerment is essential for economic development, growth, and poverty reduction not only because of the income it generates, but also because it helps to break the vicious cycle of poverty. Educating girls and women is critical to economic development. Research conducted in a variety of countries and regions has established that educating girls is one of the most cost-effective ways of spurring development. Female education creates powerful poverty-reducing synergies and yields enormous intergenerational gains. It is positively correlated with increased economic productivity, more robust labor markets, higher earnings, and improved societal health and well-being. This book is based on the background papers developed for the symposium. Although the papers have been edited, their key messages remain intact, and the theme of the symposium respected. The overview chapter is a thematic paper prepared by the World Bank that brings out the main messages of the symposium. The subsequent chapters reflect the current state of education from a gender perspective and highlight the importance of and challenges to female education as well as the interdependence of education and development objectives. The final chapter presents five strategic directions for advancing gender equity in education. 2012-05-29T16:51:40Z 2012-05-29T16:51:40Z 2008 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9854273/girls-education-21st-century-gender-equality-empowerment-economic-growth 978-0-8213-7474-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6554 English en_US Directions in development;human development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication |
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EARNINGS ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY EMPOWERMENT FEMALE EDUCATION GENDER EQUITY LABOR MARKETS POVERTY REDUCTION SOCIETAL HEALTH Tembon, Mercy Fort, Lucia Girls' Education in the 21st Century : Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth |
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Gender equality is not just a
women's issue, it is a development issue. Women's
economic empowerment is essential for economic development,
growth, and poverty reduction not only because of the income
it generates, but also because it helps to break the vicious
cycle of poverty. Educating girls and women is critical to
economic development. Research conducted in a variety of
countries and regions has established that educating girls
is one of the most cost-effective ways of spurring
development. Female education creates powerful
poverty-reducing synergies and yields enormous
intergenerational gains. It is positively correlated with
increased economic productivity, more robust labor markets,
higher earnings, and improved societal health and
well-being. This book is based on the background papers
developed for the symposium. Although the papers have been
edited, their key messages remain intact, and the theme of
the symposium respected. The overview chapter is a thematic
paper prepared by the World Bank that brings out the main
messages of the symposium. The subsequent chapters reflect
the current state of education from a gender perspective and
highlight the importance of and challenges to female
education as well as the interdependence of education and
development objectives. The final chapter presents five
strategic directions for advancing gender equity in education. |
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Publications & Research :: Publication |
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Tembon, Mercy Fort, Lucia |
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Tembon, Mercy Fort, Lucia |
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Tembon, Mercy |
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Girls' Education in the 21st Century : Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth |
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Girls' Education in the 21st Century : Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth |
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Girls' Education in the 21st Century : Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth |
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Girls' Education in the 21st Century : Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth |
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Girls' Education in the 21st Century : Gender Equality, Empowerment, and Economic Growth |
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girls' education in the 21st century : gender equality, empowerment, and economic growth |
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Washington, DC : World Bank |
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2012 |
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