Prospects for faster, more sustainableeconomic growth and higher living standards in Bosnia andHerzegovina rely on increasing employment opportunities forall. By maintaining the current structure of laborparticipation, Bosnia and Herzegovina is not capitalizing onits educated young population, as only 22.7 percent of15–64-year-old women are actively contributing to theeconomy through employment. Closing gender gaps in access toeconomic opportunities requires removing the existingbarriers and disincentives to employment andentrepreneurship for women. These include: (i) improvingaccess to assets and productive inputs, (ii) providingaccess to child- and eldercare, (iii) eliminatingdisincentives and barriers embedded in labor taxation andregulation, and (iv) increasing the employability of womenthrough effective active labor market policies and adequateskills and training. Cross-cutting policies around socialnorms and discrimination, better access to information, andimproved monitoring and evaluation systems are also important.
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