Journal of Economic Literature· 2012Q1· Review
Women Empowerment and Economic Development
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Short summary
Economic development alone may not be enough to drive down gender inequality, and empowering women might not automatically benefit development; their interrelationships may be too weak to be self-sustaining.
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Key points
- Economic development can reduce gender inequality.
- Empowering women can potentially benefit economic development.
- The interrelationships between empowerment and development may be too weak to be self-sustaining.
- Sustained policy commitment to equality is likely needed.
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Abstract
Women empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two levers would set a virtuous circle in motion? This paper reviews the literature on both sides of the empowerment—development nexus, and argues that the interrelationships are probably too weak to be self-sustaining, and that continuous policy commitment to equality for its own sake may be needed to bring about equality between men and women. (JEL I14, I24, I32, I38, J13, J16, O15)
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