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31.1. Introduction 31.1. Introduction
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31.2 Engendering Macroeconomic Growth and Development Theories 31.2 Engendering Macroeconomic Growth and Development Theories
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31.3 The Role of Gender Inequality in Influencing Economic Growth and Development 31.3 The Role of Gender Inequality in Influencing Economic Growth and Development
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31.3.1 The short run 31.3.1 The short run
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31.3.2 The long run 31.3.2 The long run
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31.3.2.1 The effect of greater capabilities equality 31.3.2.1 The effect of greater capabilities equality
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31.3.2.2 The effect of gender equality in labor force participation and wages 31.3.2.2 The effect of gender equality in labor force participation and wages
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31.4 Macro-level Policies and Gender Equality 31.4 Macro-level Policies and Gender Equality
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31.4.1 Fiscal policy 31.4.1 Fiscal policy
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31.4.2 Monetary policy 31.4.2 Monetary policy
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31.4.3 Trade and investment policies 31.4.3 Trade and investment policies
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31.5 Conclusion 31.5 Conclusion
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References References
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31 Gender, Economic Growth, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Get accessStephanie Seguino is professor of economics, University of Vermont, United States and fellow, Gund Institute for the Environment. Her research explores the relationship between intergroup inequality by class, race, and gender on the one hand, and economic growth and development on the other. She is past president of the International Association for Feminist Economics and an associate editor of Feminist Economics, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities and Review of Keynesian Economics. Her work has appeared in Cambridge Journal of Economics, Development and Change, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, and World Development, amongst others. She has consulted with numerous international organizations, including the UNDP, UNRISD, UNCTAD, and the World Bank.
Maureen Were, KSMS Research Centre, Central Bank of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Published:05 December 2014
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Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) poor growth performance in recent decades has been linked to several factors—geography, institutions, ethnic diversity, and low returns to capital investment. SSA growth analyses have yet to integrate the insights of a robust body of theoretical and empirical research linking gender equality to economic development and economic growth. This chapter explores the largely positive relationship between gender equality and growth in SSA. Gender effects are transmitted to the productive and unpaid care sectors of the economy in large part due to the tendency for work to be gender segregated. Further, macro-level policies have been found to have differential effects on men and women. Evidence that gender equality is itself a stimulus to growth in a number of SSA countries underscores the importance of assessing the gender effect of macroeconomic policies.
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