Investing in education, especially girls' education, increases economic and agricultural productivity and therefore contributes to economic growth.
Increasing the number of women completing secondary education by just 1 percent could increase
a country's economic growth by 0.3 percent. But even more significantly, increasing the number of people with strong literacy and numeracy scores can increase growth by a full 2 percent*
*Dollar, David and Roberta Gatti. 1999. “Gender inequality, income, and growth: Are good times good for women?” Policy Research Report on Gender and Development, Working Paper No. 1. Washington, DC: The World Bank*
*Dollar, David and Roberta Gatti. 1999. “Gender inequality, income, and growth: Are good times good for women?” Policy Research Report on Gender and Development, Working Paper No. 1. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Hanushek, et al. 2015. “Returns to Skills Around the World: Evidence from PIAAC.” European Economic Review 73: 103-130.
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