Melinda French Gates on how leaders can boost women’s economic power
The case for doing so has never been stronger, argues the philanthropist
EARLIER THIS year I contacted a few African development experts for their views on the continent’s priorities. Our conversation centred on issues like debt restructuring and taxation policy, but just as we were wrapping up, one of them, a Ghanaian economist, offered a different piece of advice: “Don’t stop talking about gender.”
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