[{"bbox": [70, 74, 1158, 341], "category": "Text", "text": "Several social conditions contribute to the gender gap: i) Domestic chores and care work fall almost exclusively on women, which limits their development possibilities and constitutes one of the main causes of low female labour participation. It is also a limiting factor for the growth of women-led businesses. Other factors are the lack of assets in their name that enable them to access credit, as well as access to business services, placing them at a competitive disadvantage with respect to male entrepreneurs. The State and the labour market have little participation in the provision of care services, and if they exist, they tend to be jobs also held by women and characterised by low pay and inadequate working conditions; ii) Early pregnancy - 29% of pregnancies in 2017 were girls between 10 and 19 years old - is also a factor that limits the possibilities of studying or working for young women and therefore contributes to perpetuating the gender gap in terms of economic inclusion; iii) High prevalence of violence against women: in 2017, 67.4% of women aged 15 years and over reported some type of violence throughout their lives, and 33.8% in the last 12 months."}, {"bbox": [70, 352, 1158, 460], "category": "Text", "text": "The increase in the participation of women in economic activity, to the extent that it is linked to quality jobs, can translate into a substantial increase in the contribution that women make to their household income and, therefore, to economic growth and poverty reduction. Hence the concept of gender bonus, which generally refers to the potential economic benefit obtained by increasing the participation of women in work activity."}, {"bbox": [70, 496, 366, 521], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2 RISKS AND ASSUMPTIONS"}, {"bbox": [82, 532, 1143, 1516], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Risks</td><td>Risk level (H/M/L)</td><td>Mitigating measures</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Continued limited fiscal space reduces the possibility for public investment in expansion of digital connectivity and implementation of the Master Plan for Agricultural Rescue</td><td>H</td><td>The action is accompanied by strategic support to public finances, complementing the need for improved policy and budget planning, as well as investment. EFSD+ will make investment opportunities available</td></tr><tr><td>Reputational and Do-No-Harm risks related to working with government Ministries and other state offices, as well as in support of certain government policies (lack of accountability, corruption, political patronage of targeted stakeholders, etc.; EU seen as too close to the government</td><td>H</td><td>Moving away from Budget Support implementing modality, we take back control of the whole project cycle. The EU will work closely on including civil society actors in dialogue fora and monitoring of EU investments. All support will be accompanied by close monitoring of the political situation and political dialogue.</td></tr><tr><td>Lack of a regulatory and policy framework, as well as political commitment towards promoting the inclusion of the most vulnerable population in the labour market and to gender mainstreaming</td><td>L</td><td>The action, amongst others, will promote innovative solutions, with inspiration from other countries. They will as well promote the participation in decision making in order to cater more for their needs</td></tr><tr><td>Lack of willingness from the formal private sector to invest and participate in actions that promote digital employment for youth and women, also in rural areas; vested interests linked to political affiliations and patronage</td><td>L</td><td>Dialogue with private sector representatives will be included, and all training activities will be formulated taking into account the private sector needs</td></tr><tr><td>Internal events or external shocks affect the Strategic Planning and Macro-fiscal projections</td><td>M</td><td>The IMF is working in a fiscal risks mapping and training the new unit of fiscal risks to have regular reports associated to the budget</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [596, 1614, 633, 1638], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "[13]"}]