24. Land Tenure Amendments To Site Purposes And Economic Implications The establishment of the site would mean that there are several implications for the local planners with regards to the functionality of the land. As the local economic activities involve an agricultural-based economy based on the information outlined within the brief, it is likely that the site will be used for agricultural purposes if kept vacant (Bauo Salo, 2021; (Analytics, 2021)). Installing the Women's House in Baghere, will therefore have an important implication: as the economy of Senegal currently progresses from agriculture to a services-based economy (Group, 2021), the Women's House initiative will shift the land use purposes for training the women for employment and economic participation as well. This would improve on the capability for the economy to transition to the services economy; along with the gender gap and inequality being eliminated. There has been evidence supporting this statement, where increased women's participation within the economy will improve income gains and the national GDP through reduced dependency ratios (Kalpana Kochar, 2017)) (see Figures 4 and 5) for a visualization of these effects. Aside from that, the social returns on investment also justifies the change in the land use to the local councils and community as a whole (refer to Figure 6). Speaking of these economic benefits to be anticipated however; it is clear that there will be a shift in land use giving rise from an agriculture to gender activities purposes. This shift will additionally support Senegal's economy through better transitioning the economy from agriculture to services sectors through increase in women's participation and human resources development and upskilling through seminars, educational activities, and the likes. In overall, this will contribute to the overall welfare of Senegal's community and economy. Aside from that, the site will have food generating capacity which covers several aspects of agricultural activites within the region.
Figure 10. Economic Data Outlining the Income Growth Acceleration as Gender Gap and Dependency Ratios Reduces (sourced from: (Kalpana Kochar, 2017))
