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Empowering women as a driving force for development
Graham Watson
21st September 2018
The IMF looks at why empowering women is a good thing for development: it's relatively simple. Women represent more than 50% of the potential workforce and increasing female education also reduces fertility rates. However, governments have an important role to play in creating an environment that can empower women and foster development.
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