Costing the Gender Gap

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dc.creatorWestman, Moa
dc.creatorGoldstein, Markus
dc.creatorTorkelsson, Asa
dc.date2016-11-28T20:05:12Z
dc.date2016-11-28T20:05:12Z
dc.date2015-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:43:54Z
dc.descriptionIn sub-Saharan Africa women comprise a large proportion of the agricultural labor force, yet they are consistently found to be less productive than male farmers. The gender gap in agricultural productivity-measured by the value of agricultural produce per unit of cultivated land-ranges from 4-25 percent, depending on the country and the crop.1 The World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab, UN Women, and the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative jointly produced a report to quantify the cost of the gender gap and the potential gains from closing that gap in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda. This report illustrates why the gender gap matters. Closing the gender gap of 28 percent in Malawi, 16 percent in Tanzania and 13 percent in Uganda could result in gross gains to GDP, along with other positive development outcomes, such as reduced poverty and greater food security. However, it is important to stress that these potential gains do not come without cost. Closing the gender gap will require changing existing or designing new policies, which may require additional resources.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/745301468184751511/Costing-the-gender-gap
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/25452
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/25452
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410057
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationGender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;no. 13
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectUNDP
dc.subjectWOMEN FARMERS
dc.subjectLAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LABOR
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectCROP PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFERTILIZER
dc.subjectPRODUCTION
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectWHO
dc.subjectCASH CROPS
dc.subjectFARM
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectFAMILY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectCULTIVATION
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPESTICIDE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectMALE
dc.subjectSTRESS
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL
dc.subjectFERTILIZER USE
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectCULTIVATED LAND
dc.subjectUNEP
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEXPORT CROPS
dc.subjectPRODUCE
dc.subjectWOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.titleCosting the Gender Gap
dc.typeBrief
dc.typeFiche
dc.typeResumen

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