Women’s status in economics: Evidence from Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Drawing on the first comparable, country-level evidence base from Argentina, Colombia, Ghana, India, Mexico, and South Africa, the IEA documents significant variation in where and how women exit the academic economics pipeline. The findings suggest that effective interventions must be country-specific, targeting the precise bottleneck – whether at postgraduate entry, the PhD-to-faculty transition, or senior promotion – rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach.