IN a 1992 speech at Quaid-i-Azam University, then World Bank chief economist Lawrence Summers declared that educating girls yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the ...

The labour force participation rates of women in Pakistan are amongst the lowest in the world. The graph below shows the trends in Female Labour Force Participation (FLFP) in Pakistan and its ...

Despite economic liberalisation and economic growth, Pakistan has not encouraged more women to join the economic ecosystem. According to the Labour Force Survey 2020-21 (the 22-23 LFS is still ...

As we step into the new year, one critical area that demands renewed attention is gender participation in the workforce. According to the Labour Force Survey 2025, female labour force participation ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is professor of the practice at Georgetown University and a former IMF deputy research director In a ...

Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Algeria, Iran, West Bank and Gaza - these countries are the only nations that have a lower Female Labour Force Participation (FLFP) rate than India. All other countries are ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has been terrible for women in the economy. As per data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the overall labour force in India shrank by 1.1 million in April to ...

Despite high growth rate during the economic reform period, five economists of the World Bank have found that women’s ability to access job opportunities in the new economy has been “precarious”.

Four out of five women are not working in India. Only Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Algeria, Iran, and the West Bank and Gaza have a lower female labor force participation (FLFP) rate than India. In ...