it contributes to the policy dialogue on inclusive growth through two key findings this negative influence appears stronger in lowincome countries and seems to affect growth by lowering both female human capital acquisition and labour force participation as well as total factor productivity at the same time it shows that reducing genderbased discrimination in social institutions through the right policy measures could yield substantial economic benefits leading to an annual increase in the world gdp growth rate of to percentage points by depending on the scenario we hope these findings will make the case for including policies and programmes that directly target discriminatory social institutions in national growth strategies and as such help countries identify ways to reach the ambitious targets of gender equality as sustainable development goal captures