International Labour Organization
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South-East Asia and the Pacific Multidisciplinary Advisory Team
ILO/SEAPAT's OnLine Gender Learning & Information Module
The Social Gains of Investing in
Girls Education are Enormous
|
Item |
Calculation |
Cost/benefit
(US dollars) |
|
Recurrent cost of one year of education for 1,000 women |
|
30,000 |
|
Benefits
Reduction in child mortality
Total averted deaths
Set cost (US dollars)
Value of averted deaths
|
60
800 |
48,000 |
|
Reduction in fertility
Births averted
Set cost (US dollars)
Value of births averted
|
500
65 |
32,500 |
|
Reduction in maternal mortality
Total maternal deaths averted
Set cost (US dollars)
Value of averted maternal deaths
|
3
2,500 |
7,500 |
SOURCE: Enhancing Women's Participation in Economic Development, World Bank, 1994
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