Showing posts with label “Economic Impacts of Child Marriage”; World Bank & ICRW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label “Economic Impacts of Child Marriage”; World Bank & ICRW. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

‘Child Marriage Will Cost Developing Nations Trillions By 2030’

According to the report titled “Economic Impacts of Child Marriage”, in the past 30 years, the prevalence of child marriage (marriage or union before the age of 18) has decreased in many countries, but it still remains far too high.
A report by the World Bank and the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) has said that child marriage would cost developing countries trillions of dollars by 2030.