Gender and Growth : Africa's Missed Potential

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dc.creatorGelb, Alan
dc.date2012-08-13T09:32:40Z
dc.date2012-08-13T09:32:40Z
dc.date2001-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:27:08Z
dc.descriptionIn the study "Can Africa claim the 21st century?" the author argues on the enormous unexploited potential the region has in its people, "a hidden growth reserve" as he refers to them, and, most importantly in its women, who now provide more than half the region's labor, but who lack equal access to education, concluding that gender equality can be a potential force for accelerated poverty reduction in Africa. The note looks at women and men in African economies, identifying that women work far longer hours than men, being prominent in agriculture, which leads to estimate that women contribute about two thirds of the total rural transport effort. Case studies show how gender inequality limits growth, and the note further compares this reality to the potential productivity, given a gender-inclusive growth, suggesting key tasks should focus on systematic sex-disaggregation of data, to include economic production data and integration of gender modules in statistical surveys, so as to be reflected in national accounts.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1660250/gender-growth-africas-missed-potential
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9789
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9789
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418213
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationAfrica Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 197
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCAPITAL FORMATION
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEQUAL ACCESS
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINTEGRATION
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLEISURE
dc.subjectMACROECONOMICS
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWOOD GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectWOMEN'S EDUCATION
dc.subjectWOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectSOCIAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES ACCESS
dc.titleGender and Growth : Africa's Missed Potential
dc.titleGenre et developpement : un potentiel occulte en Afrique

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