Espey, Jessica2019-01-312019-01-312019-01Espey, Jessica, 2019. The Costs and Benefits of CRVS as a Tool for Women's Empowerment. Knowledge Brief Series on Gender and CRVS. Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, ON.http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57453This publication has been carried out with the financial and technical assistance of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).This paper complements the others’ contextual analysis by focusing on some of the practical barriers to the expansion of CRVS systems, namely costs, current levels of investment, and shortfall, while also highlighting the immense investment opportunity. The two other papers are : "Leave no one behind : CRVS, Gender and the SDGS" and "Harnessing CRVS data for the gender-related SDGs; opportunities and challenges".application/pdfenCRVS GENDERKNOWLEDGE BRIEFSPOLITICAL SUPPORTBrochure