Countries That Close Gender Gaps See Substantial Growth Returns

Empowering women economically is a powerful engine of inclusive growth

https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/09/27/countries-that-close-gender-gaps-see-substantial-growth-returns

(Obviously this will be roundly ignored by conservative Christians, b/c it's antithetical to keeping women barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen as domestic serfs. Which is obviously a higher priority than prosperity to a certain type of man …)

Countries That Close Gender Gaps See Substantial Growth Returns

Empowering women economically is a powerful engine of inclusive growth

IMF
@cstross sucks that the justification for removing legal, economic, and social barriers preventing women from full participation in society is that they're untapped labor. Probably to be expected from the IMF, but hardly A Room of One's Own
@stealthisbook Indeed—capitalist discourse is bizarre! (I wonder what the IMF think of universal basic income schemes?)