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Gender equality and electoral violence in Africa : unlocking the peacemaking potential of women
Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Ouedraogo, Idrissa Mohamed - 2019
specifications. The findings of this paper support the long-standing view that women empowerment contributes to the reduction of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103612
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Tackling legal impediments to women's economic empowerment
Christopherson, Katharine; Yiadom, Audrey; Johnson, … - 2022
It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170246
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Trade and inclusive growth
Bacchetta, Marc; Cerra, Valerie; Piermartini, Roberta; … - 2021
This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518909
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The Effects of Fiscal Policieson the Economic Development of Women in the Middle East and North Africa
Laframboise, Nicole - 2003
Statistics indicate that the economic and social development of women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA …) compares unfavorably with most regions in the world. This paper assesses the influence of government expenditure and taxation … policies on the economic and social welfare of women in the region. On the expenditure side, we test the explanatory power of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403967
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Gender equality and economic diversification
Kazandjian, Romina; Kolovich, Lisa; Kochhar, Kalpana; … - 2016
We show that gender inequality decreases the variety of goods countries produce and export, in particular in low-income and developing countries. We argue that this happens through at least two channels: first, gender gaps in opportunity, such as lower educational enrollment rates for girls than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011711781
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Closing gender gaps in India : does increasing womens' access to finance help?
Khera, Purva - 2018
Gender gaps in womens' economic opportunities-labor market and entrepreneurship-have remained high in India. Lack of … adequate collateral limits women entrepreneurs' ability to access formal finance, leaving them to rely on informal sources … gender gaps in financial access. Results suggest that an increase in women entrepreneurs access to formal credit results in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932241
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Exports and Economic Development
Villanueva, Delano - 1993
A robust empirical determinant of long-term economic growth in many developing countries has been the expansion and diversification of the export sector. The latter, in turn, has been influenced by capital accumulation and economic growth. The growth model developed here explores this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398124
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Income inequality in small states and the Caribbean : stylized facts and determinants
McIntyre, Meredith A.; Bejar, Pablo; Komatsuzaki, Takuji; … - 2021
Rising income inequality has emerged as a major policy issue facing policymakers, but there is a dearth of empirical work on inequality in small states, including the Caribbean. Despite data limitations, the empirical analysis using a sample of small states finds that increased openness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518290
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Will the AI revolution cause a great divergence?
Alonso, Cristian; Berg, Andrew; Kothari, Siddharth; … - 2020
This paper considers the implications for developing countries of a new wave of technological change that substitutes pervasively for labor. It makes simple and plausible assumptions: the AI revolution can be modeled as an increase in productivity of a distinct type of capital that substitutes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012302048
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Debt build-up in frontier Low-Income Developing Countries (LIDCs) since 2012 : global or country-specific factors and way forward?
De Soyres, Constance; Rogantini Picco, Anna; Sab, Randa - 2019
This paper focuses on the debt build-up that frontier low-income developing countries (LIDCs) have faced since 2012. First, it documents a 20-percentage point increase in the external and government debt-to-GDP ratios, a composition shift toward higher non-concessional debt, and a rise in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009382