This note summarizes findings from a research program at the World Bank to document the potential negative impacts of low educational attainment for girls and child marriage, and some of the related economic costs. The fact that investing in girls is essential for development is not news. The contribution of this study is to illustrate the potential negative effects of not investing in girls in a slightly more comprehensive way, with more recent survey...
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Educating Girls and Ending Child Marriage : A Priority for Africa - Synthesis Brief
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Wodon,Quentin T.; Montenegro,Claudio E.; Nguyen,Hoa; Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa.
The Cost of Not Educating Girls (Vol. 2 of 2) : Educating Girls and Ending Child Marriage : A Priority for Africa - Synthesis Brief (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/835411625833134655