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SIP/2023/006
IMF Selected Issues Paper
African Department
The Efficiency of Social Spending in Niger Prepared by Rasmane Ouedraogo and Diego Gomes
Authorized for distribution by Costas Christou December 2022
IMF Selected Issues Papers are prepared by IMF staff as background documentation for periodic consultations with member countries. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on December 6, 2022. This paper is also published separately as IMF Country Report No 2023/029.
ABSTRACT: 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.
RECOMMENDED CITATION: Ouedraogo, R. and Gomes, D. 2022. Macroeconomic Gains From Closing Gender Educational Gaps in Niger. IMF Selected Issues Paper SIP/2023/006.
| JEL Classification Numbers: | J16, I25, I26, O12 |
| Keywords: | Gender; Education; Gains |
| Author’s E-Mail Address: | rouedraogo@imf.org and dgomes@imf.org |
| JEL Classification Numbers: | J16, I25, I26, O12 |
| Keywords: | Gender; Education; Gains |
| Author’s E-Mail Address: | rouedraogo@imf.org and dgomes@imf.org |
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Macroeconomic Gains from Closing Gender Educational Gaps in Niger
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