Estimating the costs for implementing a maternity leave cash transfer program for women employed in the informal sector in Brazil and Ghana

• Main Authors: Grace Carroll (Author), Mireya Vilar-Compte (Author), Graciela Teruel (Author), Meztli Moncada (Author), David Aban-Tamayo (Author), Heitor Werneck (Author), Ricardo Montes de Moraes (Author), Rafael Pérez-Escamilla (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternity leave policies are designed to protect gender equality and the health of mothers in the workforce and their children. However, maternity leave schemes are often linked to jobs in the formal sector economy. In low- and middle-income countries a large share of women work...