Empowers women through financial inclusion and equality.
If you're passionate about gender equality and seeking a deeper understanding of its impact on global economics, "Double X Economy" is the insightful read you need. It unveils how empowering women economically can drive global growth, and provides a persuasive argument for why we all should be champions of women's economic rights.
- Royal Society Science Book Prize Nominee (2020)
- Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2020)
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ISBN: 9780571353606
Authors:
Linda M. Scott
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Date of Publication: 2020-04-16
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.27
(rated by 555 readers)
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An urgent analysis of global gender inequality and a passionately argued case for change by a pioneer in the movement for women's economic empowerment. Women's economic development expert Linda Scott coined the paradigm-shifting concept of the 'double X economy' to describe both the shocking gender inequalities that are built into our global economy, and the collective power of women that could be harnessed to combat those inequalities. Drawing on a wealth of sources including radical original research and vivid case studies, Scott reveals how economic subordination and exclusion are systemic for women in the developing and the developed worlds; and shows that by pulling women in as equal participants in the economy, we could address many of humankind's most pressing problems. Provocative, accessible and potentially game-changing, The Double X Economy is the feminist answer to Jeffrey Sach's The End of Poverty: both a work of expert analysis and an urgent call to action.
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Empowers women through financial inclusion and equality.
If you're passionate about gender equality and seeking a deeper understanding of its impact on global economics, "Double X Economy" is the insightful read you need. It unveils how empowering women economically can drive global growth, and provides a persuasive argument for why we all should be champions of women's economic rights.
- Royal Society Science Book Prize Nominee (2020)
- Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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