Although girls are approximately half the youth population in developing countries, they contribute less than their … potential to the economy. The objective of this paper is to quantify the opportunity cost of girls' exclusion from productive … employment with the hope that stark figures will lead policymakers to reconsider the current underinvestment in girls. The paper …

with detailed information on teenage jobs allows for a comparison of the behavior of boys and girls who are in the same … substantially more than girls. The earnings gap cannot be explained by differences in participation rates and hours of work, nor by … gender wage gaps within job types. It is entirely due to the fact that girls work more in job types with relatively low wages …

We examine the impact of a large, randomized Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) project in rural Zimbabwe. The … multifaceted project initially provided information about girls' rights and education barriers to girls, parents, teachers, and …

girls and women in the Global South? Is it a solution to ending poverty? Or is it a pursuit of economic growth and corporate …, social responsibility, and business practices of various corporations use a logic of development that positions girls and … gendered poverty and inequality, yet do so using an instrumental logic that shifts the burden of development onto girls and …