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This draft document is to trigger an exchange on the most appropriate ways to support gender equality and promote gender mainstreaming in the different regional working groups and fora of the MENA-OECD Competitiveness Programme during the implementation period 2019-2020.
The OECD Development Policy Paper on Gender equality and women’s empowerment in fragile and conflict-affected situations: A review of donor support (October 2017) assesses how donors can improve the quality of their gender equality and women’s empowerment programming in fragile situations drawing on case study reviews of donor programmes in Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
This report shows that improvements in gender equality have contributed considerably to economic growth in the Nordic countries. Increases in female employment alone are estimated to account for anywhere between roughly 0.05 and 0.40 percentage points to average annual GDP per capita growth – equivalent to 3 to 20% of total GDP per capita growth over the past 50 years or so, depending on the country.
The Programme supports reforms to mobilise investment, private sector development and entrepreneurship as driving forces for inclusive growth and employment in the MENA region, building also on the need to mainstream the region’s increasingly well trained youth and women. The Programme covers Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen
The MENA-OECD Competitiveness Programme is a strategic partnership between MENA and OECD economies to share knowledge, expertise and good practices. The Programme’s objective is to contribute to the development of inclusive, sustainable and competitive economies across the region. The Programme supports reforms to mobilise investment, private sector development and entrepreneurship as driving forces for inclusive growth and employment in the MENA region, building also on the need to mainstream the region’s increasingly well trained youth and women.