What’s macroeconomic policy got to do with gender inequality? Evidence from Asia

Berik, Günseli; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen

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“…Data reveals that employing women as low-cost labor can contribute positively to economic growth and bolster macroeconomic performance. To keep production costs down, employers often limit improvements in wages and working conditions, which directly impacts women's well-being [21][27] [28]. In several other emerging market economies across Asia, Europe, and Latin America, over-reliance on female labor in labor-intensive, export-driven industries can enhance the profitability of these sectors and boost a country's competitiveness [29].…”

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Gender Equality -- The Right Thing Rather Than a Smart Thing to Do

2023

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The term gender equality is smart economics was introduced by the Gender Unit at the World Bank as the key concept of its Action Plan (2007-2010). This article analyses whether smart economics can actually contribute to gender equality by understanding the logic behind gender equality is smart economics. On the one hand, the market-mediated pathway and the family-mediated pathway argue that by investing efficiently in women, economic development can be maximised and gender equality can be promoted, thus achieving a win-win situation. On the other hand, this paper asserts that smart economics actually causes structural inequality and hinders the process of real gender equality. This paper argues for gender equality as a core goal in its own right that should be prioritised, avoiding the idea that it is only worth investing in women if they can solve the worlds problems. Regardless of the size of womens economic contribution, their power and needs need to be attended to and addressed. Gender equality is therefore the right thing to do, not the smart thing to do.

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Gender Equality -- The Right Thing Rather Than a Smart Thing to Do

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Seats for the 51 %: Beyond the Business Case for Corporate Board Quotas in Jamaica

Wyss

2015

The Review of Black Political Economy

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There is no shortage of Jamaican women with relatively high educational levels, extensive workforce experience, and strong records of community service. In spite of this, few Jamaican women are found among top government and business leaders. In response, Jamaica's 51 % Coalition has proposed using gender quotas to increase the number of Jamaican women in Parliament and on public and private sector boards of directors. My focus in this article is the private sector. I evaluate both the desirability of Jamaican corporate gender quotas and the merits of using “Business Case” arguments to promote Jamaican quotas. Advocates of political gender quotas justify them on grounds of women's rights and representative democracy. Proponents of corporate gender quotas, on the other hand, tend to promulgate Business Case arguments, which promote gender equity as a way to boost corporate efficiency and profitability. I conclude that Jamaican gender quotas deserve recognition as one potential strategy among many required to build a gender-just and prosperous economy. The Business Case is a powerful strategic resource for the 51 % Coalition but the Coalition should not exaggerate potential efficiency gains from gender-diverse boards. Furthermore, quota advocates must deploy the Business Case carefully to avoid the pitfalls of instrumentalism, essentialism, and depoliticization that are often associated with these arguments.

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Beyond the rhetoric of gender equality at the World Bank and the IMF

Berik

2017

Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'ét

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What’s macroeconomic policy got to do with gender inequality? Evidence from Asia

Abstract: In 2006, she was honoured when a chapter on her research was included in Fifty Key Thinkers in Development (ed. Simon D; Routledge).

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Gender Equality -- The Right Thing Rather Than a Smart Thing to Do

Gender Equality -- The Right Thing Rather Than a Smart Thing to Do

Seats for the 51 %: Beyond the Business Case for Corporate Board Quotas in Jamaica

Beyond the rhetoric of gender equality at the World Bank and the IMF

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