Closing gender gaps might lead to expanding Latin America's GDP by 14% percentage points, Inter-American
"The study reached the conclusion that, if we close those gaps, the region's GDP might rise by 14%. That is an enormous bonus," he told
El Peruano official gazette.
Likewise, the officer mentioned a report made by the Petersen Institute of the U.S. —which gathered information from over 22,000 businesses in the world— determined that more than 60% of the total did not have even one woman in their board of directors.
Within this framework, the IDB representative indicated that the problem is that
women do not opt for some careers, as well as traditional patterns and biased recruitment.
Furthermore, he noted companies do not make the necessary efforts to recruit
women, and that —when they get a well-paid job in a highly-productive sector— there are retention problems.
However, the officer explained there are three elements that can be developed in order to close the salary gap.
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