01886cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017443 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475578928 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Novta, Natalija. Women at Work in Latin America and the Caribbean / Natalija Novta, Joyce Wong. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Women across the world remain an underutilized resource in the labor force. Participation in the labor force averages around 80 percent for men but only 50 percent for women - nearly half of women's productive potential remains untapped compared to one-fifth for men. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as a region, saw the largest gains in female labor force participation (LFP) in the world during the last two decades. Women in LAC are becoming increasingly active in paid work, closing the gap with men and catching up to their counterparts in advanced economies at an impressive rate. In this paper, we document the recent trends in female LFP and female education in the LAC region, discuss the size of potential gains to GDP from increasing female LFP and policies which could be deployed towards this goal. Mode of access: Internet Wong, Joyce. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/034 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2017/034/001.2017.issue-034-en.xml IMF e-Library