What this document is
Writing in the Yale Journal of International Affairs, foreign policy analyst Isobel Coleman argued that closing gender gaps and drawing more women in emerging markets into the formal economy represents a significant, underused source of global stability and economic growth. Coleman is a specialist on women's economic participation who has written and spoken widely on the subject for research institutions and policy publications.
The article contends that as multinational companies increasingly look to developing countries for growth, expanding opportunities for women there makes straightforward business sense rather than being simply a matter of corporate goodwill, and it frames the private sector as a partner alongside governments and non-governmental organizations in efforts to improve women's economic standing worldwide.
The Yale Journal of International Affairs is a policy journal produced out of Yale University, publishing articles, interviews and opinion pieces from academics, policymakers and graduate students twice a year; the article is one of many pieces on gender and development the journal has carried over its run.
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