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Title: Women's Empowerment and Economic Development

Author(s): Esther Duflo

Publication Date: January 2012

Keyword(s): gender equality and women's empowerment

Programme Area(s): Development Economics

Abstract: Women?s empowerment and economic development are closely related: in one direction, development alone can play a major role in driving down inequality between men and women; in the other direction, empowering women may benefit development. Does this imply that pushing just one of these two levers would set a virtuous circle in motion? This paper reviews the literature on both sides of the empowerment-development nexus, and argues that the inter-relationships are probably too weak to be self-sustaining, and that continuous policy commitment to equality for its own sake may be needed to bring about equality between men and women.

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Duflo, E. 2012. 'Women's Empowerment and Economic Development'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8734