Inegalite Des Sexes, Croissance Et Reduction de la Pauvrete: Programme Special D'Assistance Pour L'Afrique, Rapport Sur la Pauvrete En Afrique Subsaha

ISBN-13: 9780821345290 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 116 str.

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Opis

Comparison between Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and East Asia indicates that gender inequality in education and employment is estimated to have reduced SSA's per capita growth in the 1960-92 period by 0.8 percentage points per year. Therefore reducing gender-based asset inequality in SSA is an important development goal. This report documents the structural role of men and women in African economies and examines the linkages between the market and the household. It makes a convincing case that reducing gender inequality would increase growth, efficiency, and welfare. The authors make key recommendations for public policy intervention in the areas of participation, investment in the household economy, investment in human capital, support for rural livelihood strategies, and engendering statistics and poverty monitoring.