U.S. State Department: Pushing Forward Gender Driven Growth

Submitted by Minuteman on Sun, 2013-06-23 14:30

Link here. Excerpt:

'Chief Economist Heidi Crebo-Rediker will deliver an address entitled “Pushing Forward Gender Driven Growth” on Monday, June 24, from 12:00-2:00 p.m. in the C. Fred Bergsten Conference Center at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036.

This event is open to the press but by invitation only to the general public.
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In her address, Chief Economist Crebo-Rediker will highlight cutting edge work on the issue in both advanced and emerging economies. She will argue for the importance of elevating and mainstreaming this work through the efforts of the U.S. government, multilateral and other institutions.'

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OK, this is a new one on me. Just WTF is "gender-driven growth" and why does it rise to a State Dept. priority?

"Gender-driven growth". Really.

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2013-06-23 15:08

I think it has something to do with this --------

http://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1602/1/paper_212.pdf

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Submitted by Mastodon on Sun, 2013-06-23 16:06