The main objective of this paper is to assess the impact of female unemployment on economic growth in Cameroon. Using the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model, applied to data covering the period 1987-2020, our results show that the relationship between female unemployment and economic...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: OVERVIEW -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gender Inequality around the World -- PART II: THE MACROECONOMIC GAINS FROM GENDER EQUITY -- 3 Gender Inequality and Macroeconomic Performance -- 4 Tackling Income Inequality -- 5 Empowering...

Women make up a little over half of the world's population, but their contribution to measured economic activity and growth is far below its potential. Despite significant progress in recent decades, labor markets across the world remain divided along gender lines, and progress toward gender...

What determines countries’ successful transition to democracy? Research has focused on socioeconomic and institutional factors, yet the assumption that political liberalization has to precede democratization has not been systematically examined. We explore the impacts of granting civil rights...

Gender equality and environmental sustainability are gaining political momentum as global challenges that require urgent action at the national and international levels. Both figure prominently, albeit with limited interlinkages, in the United Nations Agenda 2030, and gender equality...