Intimate Partner Violence : Economic Costs and Implications for Growth and Development

Violence against women, recognized globally as a fundamental human rights violation, is widely prevalent across high-, middle-, and low-income countries. Violence against women has significant economic costs in terms of expenditures on service provision, lost income for women and their families, decreased productivity, and negative impacts on future human capital formation. The paper makes a major contribution to the discussion of economic implications of intimate partner violence (IPV) through its conceptual mapping of the links between IPV and economic growth based on a review of literature on their complex dynamics based on data from Vietnam. It reviews costing methodologies and identifies types of costs that potentially can be estimated given different degrees of data availability. The paper argues strongly for a focus on estimating impacts on productivity, which is a key driver of economic growth. It also calls for committed action by both national governments and The World Bank Group in terms of integrating IPV and violence against women and girls (VAWG) into national and sectoral development plans and Bank funding streams; strengthening national statistics offices to collect, manage, and analyze data on violence systematically and regularly basis; prioritizing multi-sectoral and inter-ministerial responses; and most importantly establishing a dedicated budget or funding stream for IPV and VAWG policies, programs, and interventions.

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Main Authors:	Duvvury, Nata, Callan, Aoife, Carney, Patrick, Raghavendra, Srinivas
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-11
Subjects:	ABUSED WOMEN, ACCESS TO RESOURCES, ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, ACT OF GENDER, ADOLESCENCE, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTHOOD, ADVERSE HEALTH, AGE AT MARRIAGE, AGED, AID, AIDS, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, ANXIETY, ARBITRARY DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY, AVERAGE AGE, AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE, BEATING, BIRTH WEIGHT, BOYS, CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CARE FOR CHILDREN, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, CHILDHOOD, CHILDREN, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION, CHRONIC MORBIDITY, CHRONIC PAIN, COERCION, CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE, CONTROL OVER RESOURCES, CRIME, CULTURAL PRACTICES, DEATHS, DECISION MAKING, DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, DEPRESSION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT PLANS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISABILITY, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DRUG ABUSE, EARLY MARRIAGE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC RESOURCES, ECONOMIC STATUS, ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EPIDEMIC, EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE, FAMILIES, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY VIOLENCE, FEMALE, FEMALE VICTIMS, FGM, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, FORCED SEX, FORCED SEXUAL RELATIONS, FORMS OF VIOLENCE, FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS, GENDER, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER RELATIONS, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, GENERAL PRACTICE, GIRLS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS NATIONAL INCOME, HEALTH, HEALTH BURDEN, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, HEALTH EFFECTS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTHY LIFE, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HOMELESSNESS, HOSPITAL, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD WORK, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION, HUSBANDS, HYGIENE, HYPERTENSION, ILLICIT DRUG USE, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, IMPACT OF VIOLENCE, IMPACT ON CHILDREN, IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, INFECTION AMONG WOMEN, INJURIES, INJURY, INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION, INTERVIEW, INTIMATE PARTNER, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, ISOLATION, IV DRUG USE, KNOWLEDGE, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET, LEADING CAUSES, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALE, MALES, MATERNAL HEALTH, MEDICATION, MEDICINE, MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, MISCARRIAGE, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MOTHER, MOTHERS, NATIONAL COUNCIL, NATIONAL CULTURE, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NUMBER OF WOMEN, NUMBER OF WORKERS, OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS, PARENTING, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PEACE, PEOPLE, PHYSICAL ABUSE, PHYSICAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, POLICIES, POOR HEALTH, POOR MENTAL HEALTH, POPULATION, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PREMATURE BIRTH, PREMATURE DEATH, PREVENTION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE LIFE, PRODUCTIVITY, PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, QUALITY OF LIFE, RAPE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS, RISK FACTORS, RISK OF DEATH, RISKS, ROAD ACCIDENTS, RURAL AREAS, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOLS, SERVICE PROVISION, SEVERE VIOLENCE, SEX, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL RELATIONS, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SHELTER, SHELTERS, SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES, STIS, STRATEGY, STRESS, SUICIDE, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE, TOLERANCE, TRAINING, TRANSPORTATION, TRAUMA, TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNITED NATIONS, URBAN AREAS, VACCINES, VICTIMS, VICTIMS OF ABUSE, VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, VOLUNTARY WORK, VULNERABILITY, WEIGHT, WHO, WOMAN, WOMEN IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, WOMEN'S HEALTH, WORK FORCE, WORKERS, WORKFORCE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUNGER WOMEN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18486239/intimate-partner-violence-economic-costs-implications-growth-development https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16697
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