Cashing in on Education: Women, Childcare, and Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean

by Mercedes Mateo Diaz and Lourdes Rodriguez-Chamussy

Investments in education across countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have transformed the lives of millions of girls and the prospects of their families and societies. Unleashing the full economic potential of women is nevertheless still a curtailed issue in the region: just about half of women are unable to participate in paid work. The majority of the population out of the labor market is women between the ages of 24 and 45. This is the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146480902X
• ISBN13: 9781464809026
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"