first to quantify the relationship between child marriage and economic growth. Applying a simultaneous equations model, the … analysis shows that eliminating child marriage would significantly improve economic growth-if child marriage were ended today …, long-term annual per capita real GDP growth in emerging and developing countries would increase by 1.05 percentage points …

growth could be lower for longer, with a setback to development. Post-pandemic reforms thus become even more important …, especially with constrained scope for fiscal and monetary stimuli. Reforms could boost per capita growth by an additional 0 ….3-1.3 percentage points, relative to the 1.9 percent average since 2010. Such growth would reduce per capita income doubling time from …