the human resources department at the international monetary fund a washington correspondent helen humphrey so don to talk with you everywhere you look all of the time people are trying to make more of it i'm talking about money profit while readers want to boast about economic growth but it turns out quite a lot of countries are missing a trick on that you into a secret when it comes to economic growth empowering women to do the jobs they want to do in society means you'll make a far lot more cash far quicker and you just have to take my word for it that is the assessment of the international monetary fund here in washington d.c. i'm here to meet kalponik culture she is needing the push for gender and diversity here to find out what countries should be doing to capitalize on a sure fire way to grow capital. when we talk about women's empowerment in the workforce of course we're talking about equal opportunities we're talking about let's face it human rights but to a certain extent are we just talking about money this is about growth too isn't it we believe that talent is distributed equally betwe