Girls’ education and women’s equality: how to get more out of the world’s most promising investment

This report follows the line from the many documented benefits of education for girls, to the girls who are still missing out on education, on the reforms to both education systems and—most importantly—to societies at large if women are going to realize the full economic benefits of investments in girls’ education. The report builds on decades of important work on this topic and features contributions from many CGD researchers as well as case studies and background notes from many other scholars to deliver eight principal messages.