Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth

IMF Working Papers, March 4, 2021

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This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to address these.
With women accounting for fifty percent of the global population, inclusive growth can only be achieved if it promotes gender equality.
Despite recent progress, gender gaps remain across all stages of life, including before birth, and negatively impact health, education, and economic outcomes for women.
The roadmap to gender equality has to rely on legal framework reforms, policies to promote equal access, and efforts to tackle entrenched social norms.
These need to be set in the context of arising new trends such as digitalization, climate change, as well as shocks such as pandemics.

Women account for fifty percent of the global population.
Gender gaps persist across all stages of life, including before birth.
Gender gaps negatively impact health outcomes for women.
Gender gaps negatively impact education outcomes for women.
Gender gaps negatively impact economic outcomes for women.
New trends and shocks affecting the roadmap to gender equality include digitalization, climate change, and pandemics.