The cost of excluding girls from education isn't just moral, it's economic. To the tune of $15–30 trillion in lost lifetime earnings, according to the World Bank. When education budgets shrink, girls leave school first. And as Devex highlights, they are less likely to return. That lost potential doesn't stay contained. It ripples across families, health systems, and entire economies, for generations.
Opinion: The IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings exposed a debt system in urgent need of reform to invest in the people it claims to serve, including girls.
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