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Middle East and Central Asia > Mauritania, Islamic Republic of

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Cover IMF Working Papers
Gender Equality and Economic Diversification
Romina Kazandjian
,
Ms. Lisa L Kolovich
,
Ms. Kalpana Kochhar
, and
Ms. Monique Newiak
We show that gender inequality decreases the variety of goods countries produce and export, in particular in low-income and developing countries. We argue that this happens through at least two channels: first, gender gaps in opportunity, such as lower educational enrollment rates for girls than for boys, harm diversification by constraining the potential pool of human capital available in an economy. Second, gender gaps in the labor market impede the development of new ideas by decreasing the efficiency of the labor force. Our empirical estimates support these hypotheses, providing evidence that gender-friendly policies could help countries diversify their economies.
Keywords:
WP; output diversification; Gender inequality; female labor force participation; economic diversification; economic growth; human capital; low-income and developing countries; export diversification; export product diversification; Theil index; globalization Index; Export diversification; Gender diversity; Women
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA): Questions générales
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine : questions générales
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; Waemu; investment efficiency; investment; WAEMU country
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU): Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
This paper presents stylized facts on the quantitative and qualitative infrastructure gap in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), estimates the efficiency of public investment, and recommends how to improve it. The WAEMU countries face an important common challenge of creating sufficient fiscal space to finance ambitious growth, development, and poverty-reduction programs in individual countries. This paper also provides comparative evidence of the situation of WAEMU in several areas of financial development relative to groups of benchmark countries. The state of inclusion in the WAEMU along three dimensions—poverty, income inequality, and gender inequality—is also examined in this paper.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; Waemu; investment efficiency; investment; WAEMU country; WAEMU member; extent income; WAEMU growth; Public investment spending; Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP); Financial sector development; Gender inequality; Sub-Saharan Africa; West Africa; Global