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The joint IZA/DFID Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries (GLM|LIC) programme was established in 2011 after identifying an important research gap on labour markets and growth in low-income countries. Over the last seven years, the programme has contributed to the growing interest in understanding labour markets in the poorest countries by producing high-quality research outputs and policy documents, as well as through interactions with various stakeholders and reflecting on impacts of different programs and policies. The UK government has announced the approval of extending the programme with additional £12 million (€13.3 million equivalent).

The extension will have a special focus on gender and growth issues in low income countries. The new “Growth, Gender and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries” programme (G²LM|LIC) will foster research that aims to guide future gender and labour market policies. This is of extreme importance to the economies of developing countries which need to utilize their production resources more efficiently to unleash growth potentials. Women’s access to jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities are key to ensuring that they help drive and benefit from economic growth.

Projects with a focus on Gender

Differential Earnings, Household Division of Labour and Fertility Choices: An Application of the “Doing Gender” Hypothesis in Ghana
Overcoming Constraints to Female Labor Force Entry
Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda
Impacts of Microfranchising on Young Women’s Occupational Choices
Addressing Gender Inequalities in Earnings and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa through Innovative Approaches
Gender and Employment in Central Asia
Girls Empowered by Microfranchising
Globalization and the Gender Gap
Empowering Women through Public Policy

Publications with a focus on Gender

  • G²LM|LIC Working Paper No. 69
    Economic Development and the Organisation of Labour: Evidence from the Jobs of the World Project
  • G²LM|LIC Synthesis Paper No. 11
    Gender, Jobs and Poverty
  • GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 23
     Child Labor Measurement in Agricultural Households
  • GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 24
     Overcoming Barriers to Women‘s Mobility
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 43
    Child Labor Measurement in Agricultural Households
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 40
    Labor Force Participation of Women Left Behind in Tajikistan
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 41
    Social Transfers and Women’s Labour Supply in Kyrgyzstan
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 42
    Patrilocal Residence and Female Labour Supply
  • GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 18
    An Account of One‘s Own
  • GLM|LIC Synthesis Paper No. 7
    What Explains Uneven Female Labor Force Participation Levels and Trends in Developing Countries?
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 33
    A Firm of One’s Own
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 32
    On Her Account
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 31
    How Complete Are Labor Markets in East Africa?
  • GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 12
    Girls Empowered by Microfranchising
  • GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 5
    How the Global Economy Determines Fertility and Families
  • GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 7
    Labor Markets in East Africa
  • GLM|LIC Policy Brief No. 10
    Transitions to Adulthood
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 20
    Comparative Advantage, International Trade, and Fertility
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 3
    The Role of Education and Family Background in Marriage, Childbearing and Labor Market Participation in Senegal
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 2
    Schooling, Marriage and Age of First Birth in Madagascar
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 5
    The Impact of Early Childbearing on Schooling and Cognitive Skills among Young Women in Madagascar
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 9
    Informal Employment in a Growing and Globalising Low-Income Country
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 28
    Determinants of Internal Migration Among Senegalese Youth
  • GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 27
    Teen Fertility and Labor Market Segmentation

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