Integrating Gender into the IMF’s Work
Gender Notes, October 6, 2023
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- Authors: Rishi Goyal, Ratna Sahay
- Published: October 6, 2023
- Series: Gender Notes
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400257247.067
Core argument
- The IMF is filling a critical gap by integrating gender issues into its work.
- Closing gender gaps is critical for economies because they lead to underdevelopment, underutilization, and misallocation of productive human resources.
- Applying a gender lens to macroeconomic, financial, and structural policy design can narrow gender gaps and result in improved economic outcomes.
Scope and approach of the Note
- Provides an overview of gender gaps in opportunities, outcomes, and representation.
- Takes stock of how these gaps impact macroeconomic and financial outcomes.
- Identifies which policies can narrow gender gaps.
- Explains how narrowing gender gaps can benefit societies and outlines steps countries can take to unleash the economic gains from gender equality.
Themes on gender gaps
- Opportunities: Examines gaps in access to economic opportunities.
- Outcomes: Examines disparities in economic outcomes between genders.
- Representation: Examines gaps in representation across economic and financial spheres.
Impacts on macroeconomic and financial outcomes
- Documents how gender gaps affect macroeconomic performance and financial sector outcomes.
- Emphasizes that underutilization and misallocation of human resources stemming from gender gaps have economy-wide consequences.
Policy guidance and recommendations
- Advocates applying a gender lens to macroeconomic, financial, and structural policy design.
- Identifies specific policies (described in the Note) that can narrow gender gaps.
- Outlines practical steps countries can take to unlock economic gains from gender equality.
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