{"id":33569,"date":"2018-10-30T12:57:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T07:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=33569"},"modified":"2018-10-30T12:57:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T07:27:16","slug":"buried-in-the-rankings-din","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/buried-in-the-rankings-din\/","title":{"rendered":"Buried in the rankings\u00a0din\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/gender-gap-indian-ranking-in-world-gender-disparity-4962303\/\"><strong>Buried in the rankings\u00a0din<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Article is about the Global Gender Gap report 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Improved investor rating<\/strong>: The credit rating company, Moody\u2019s, has upgraded India\u2019s investment ranking from the lowest to one notch up<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rise in Ease of doing business ranking<\/strong>: India rose 30 spots in \u201cEase of Doing Business\u201d rankings, from 130 to 100<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Global Gender Gap Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published by: World Economic Forum (WEF)<\/li>\n<li>The Global Gender Gap Report benchmarks 144 countries on their progress towards gender parity across four thematic dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment<\/li>\n<li><strong>India\u2019s position<\/strong>: India slipped 21 places in this ranking compared to last year, to<strong> 108th place, <\/strong>behind neighbors China and Bangladesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why did this not generate commensurate analysis and introspection? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Probably because of the belief that the ease of doing business has direct consequences for economic growth and material welfare, whereas gender rankings are more about fairness, equity, or empowerment \u2014 warm-glow concepts that are difficult to define and change<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Gender Gap Index<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Global Gender Gap Index, which was first introduced in 2006, is a combination of <strong>four different sub-indices<\/strong>, each summarizing multiple indicators<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lies b\/w 0 &amp; 1<\/strong>:The index lies between 0 and 1, with 1 denoting complete parity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focusses on women\u2019s relative position wrt men<\/strong>: It is important to note that this index focuses on gender gaps, and not on whether \u201cwomen are winning the battle of the sexes\u201d, that is, the focus is on the position of women relative to men (that is, gender equality), rather than to their absolute position (that is, women\u2019s empowerment)<\/li>\n<li>The idea is to track changes in gender gaps both over time and across countries<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emphasizes on few key measures<\/strong>: It doesn\u2019t include everything that matters for gender equality, but focuses only on a few key measures. Thus, it should not be seen as a comprehensive text on gender equality, but as a useful pointer or a highlighter of key summary statistics that can be reliably measured and tracked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12823 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/index.jpg?resize=561%2C311\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/index.jpg?w=561&amp;ssl=1 561w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/index.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/index.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the above table shows?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The table shows the values of the overall index, as well as the four sub-indices, and India\u2019s rank in a set of 144 countries in each of these for 2016 and 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Observations: Gender gap worsened<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overall, we see that India\u2019s position has slipped by 21 points despite the fact that the value of the index has fallen marginally. This slide in India\u2019s position reflects that gender gaps in India on these dimensions have worsened, both over time and relative to other countries (that is, other countries have done better)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Components responsible <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author mentions that the two subcomponents of the index that account for this slide over time are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Economic participation and opportunity<\/strong>: It further includes 3 indicators,\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The participation gap<\/strong> (difference in labour force participation between men and women)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The remuneration gap<\/strong> (captured by a hard data statistic of ratio of estimated female-to-male earned income, as well as a qualitative indicator about wage equality for similar work)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The advancement gap<\/strong> (measured through two hard data statistics: Ratio of women to men among legislators, senior officials and managers, and the ratio of women to men among technical and professional workers)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Political empowerment<\/strong>: This measure identifies gender gaps in the highest level of political decision-making, and includes the ratio of women to men among ministers, among parliamentarians, and in terms of years in executive office (president or prime minister) over the last 50 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Performance of SE Asia region<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Asia as a region has the second lowest value of the index. In other words, the region is marked by low gender equality<\/p>\n<p><strong>India has worsened in<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Political empowerment, as well as in the share of managers, legislators, technical and professional workers<\/li>\n<li>It continues to lag behind in terms of gender gaps in the health indicators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>India has progressed in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s progress in the <strong>educational indicators<\/strong> has been good, in that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It has succeeded in closing the gaps in primary and secondary education enrollment, and has almost closed the gaps in tertiary enrollment as well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lessons from Bangladesh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In South Asia, Bangladesh has a much better ranking than India at number 47, with lower gender gaps than even the US, which is at number 49. Bangladesh has continued to lower gender gaps on all indicators, defying the usual stereotypes associated with religion and poverty<\/p>\n<p><strong>Significance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is significant about this particular ranking is that it is compiled by the World Economic Forum, a Swiss organisation, which engages the \u201cforemost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.\u201d Could this be because gender gaps matter for business and growth?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Observations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Report states that,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Losing out on talent<\/strong>: Talent is important for competitiveness and to find the best talent, everyone should have equal opportunity: When women and girls are not integrated, the global community loses out on skills, ideas and perspectives that are critical for addressing global challenges and harnessing new opportunities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic cost of gender gap<\/strong>: An OECD estimate reveals that gender-based discrimination in social institutions could cost up to $12 trillion for the global economy, and that a reduction in gender discrimination can increase the rate of growth of GDP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we celebrate the rise in the ease of doing business rankings, it is critical to remind ourselves that success and competitiveness of business depends as critically on gender equality, as on tax reforms and infrastructure development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buried in the rankings\u00a0din\u00a0 Context Article is about the Global Gender Gap report 2017 Miscellaneous Improved investor rating: The credit rating company, Moody\u2019s, has upgraded India\u2019s investment ranking from the lowest to one notch up Rise in Ease of doing business ranking: India rose 30 spots in \u201cEase of Doing Business\u201d rankings, from 130 to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/buried-in-the-rankings-din\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Buried in the rankings\u00a0din\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704829233},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}