January 17, 2021
As the world moves into 2021, a woman still has many hurdles to cross to succeed in Pakistan
World Bank’s Human Capital Index (HCI) notes that a female child born in 2020 will be 44 per cent less productive than those born in the pre-pandemic years. HCI measures the contribution of health and education to the world’s citizens’ productivity and economic potential.
As per recent World Bank reports, a female child born in Pakistan today has 59 per cent fewer chances of reaching her full potential. The number is the lowest amongst all countries in the region, and most others in lower-income groups. If the HCI measures are believed, Pakistan is wasting nearly 60 per cent of its human potential.
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Ghana’s Human Development Index ranking improves
But that is an improvement over last year’s position of 142.
According to the report, the country shared the position with Southern African country, Eswatini [Swaziland].
Between 1990 and 2019, Ghana’s Human Development Index value increased by 31.4%.
Also, the Gross National Income per capita increased by about 127.6% during the same period.
During the period between 1990 and 2019, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Sao Tome and Principe experienced different degrees of progress toward increasing their Human Development Indices.
From Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana is compared with Cameroon and Kenya, which have Human Development Indices ranked 153 and 143rd respectively.
Interestingly, 55.7% of adult women have reached at least a secondary level of education in the country compared to 71.6% of their male counterparts.