## Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth

_IMF Working Papers, March 4, 2021_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Asel Isakova, Francesco Luna
- Published: March 4, 2021
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513571164.001

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### Summary
- 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.

### Key findings
- 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.

### Policy recommendations and best practices
- Legal framework reforms to promote gender equality.
- Policies to promote equal access to opportunities and resources.
- Efforts to tackle entrenched social norms that perpetuate gender inequality.

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