What Are the Economic Costs of Gender Gaps in Ethiopia?
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Despite Ethiopia’s remarkable economic
progress over the past decade, gender gaps in key economic
activities - agriculture, entrepreneurship, and wage
employment - indicate that challenges remain to realizing
the full potential of women’s economic empowerment.
Differences in simple averages between men and women show
that women lag men by 36 percent in agricultural
productivity, by 79 percent in business sales, and by 44
percent in hourly wages. This brief examines the costs of
these gender gaps and estimates the potential gains from
closing them.
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GENDER GAP, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER INNOVATION LAB, AFRICA GENDER POLICY, WAGE GAP, AGRICULTURE, FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE, WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT