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A Flawed GDP Bypasses Women’s Unpaid Care Work

Naila Kabeer August, 14, 23Economics

Nearly 90 billion hours of unpaid care work, without which economic growth would come to a halt, do not count as part of that growth. Professor Naila Kabeer explains why this makes the GDP a flawed metric. Last week the IMF offered a cautious estimate of positive global economic growth for this year, warning ‘we are on track, but not …

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