Macroeconomic Gains from Closing Gender Educational Gaps in Niger: Niger

February 27, 2023

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Rasmané Ouedraogo, and Diego B. P. Gomes Macroeconomic Gains from Closing Gender Educational Gaps in Niger: Niger, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2023) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This paper explores the state of gender equality and education attainment of girls in Niger. It also estimates the macroeconomic gains from reducing gaps in education between boys and girls using a micro-founded general equilibrium model. The analysis shows that Niger has made some progress toward higher educational attainment for girls, but the country still lags far behind other sub-Saharan African countries. The results from the general equilibrium model suggest that closing the gender gaps in education would boost female labor participation, increase income earned by women and improve fiscal outcomes. More importantly, closing the gender gap in years of schooling in each income percentile would boost long-term GDP by 11 percent. These significant economic gains from investing in girls’ education will contribute to the achievements of the strategic goals defined under the Programme de Développement Economique et Social (PDES) 2022-26.

Subject: Education, Education spending, Expenditure, Gender, Gender inequality, International organization, Monetary policy, Women

Keywords: Education, Education spending, Gains, Gender, Gender inequality, Income percentile, Income spectrum, Increase income, Macroeconomic gain, Sahel region, Sub-Saharan Africa, Women

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13
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Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/006
Stock No:

SIPEA2023006
ISBN:

9798400235207
ISSN:

2958-7875

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