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@article{
  author = {UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)},
  title = {Regional Human Development Report 2016: Africa},
  journal = {UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)},
  year = {2016},
  location = {New York},
  URL = {http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hdr/2016-africa-human-development-report.html},
  abstract = {Gender inequality is costing sub-Saharan Africa on average $US95 billion a year, peaking at US$105 billion in 2014– or six percent of the region’s GDP – jeopardising the continent’s efforts for inclusive human development and economic growth, according to the Africa Human Development Report 2016. The report analyses the political, economic and social drivers that hamper African women’s advancement and proposes policies and concrete actions to close the gender gap. These include addressing the contradiction between legal provisions and practice in gender laws; breaking down harmful social norms and transforming discriminatory institutional settings; and securing women’s economic, social and political participation.
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