This project seeks to examine the links between women's economic empowerment, women's paid work, and their unpaid care responsibilities.
What limits women's ability to become financially self-sufficient from an early age in Africa?
This project will evaluate the impact of India's Mahila Samakhya (MS), the world's largest government program to empower women.
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire are neighbouring countries with similar resource endowments and socio-cultural environments but very different economic development strategies.
Women's economic empowerment can improve if globalization and urbanization lead to greater opportunities for employment.
This project aims to develop policy guidelines and training material on how to promote women's well-being and economic growth. The project team will review the literature on how women's economic empowerment and economic growth interact.
This project will examine how Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) can help poor women overcome economic vulnerabilities, and assess their potential to transform gender relations at home and in the community in Tanzania.
This project will provide evidence on the role of high-quality, affordable daycare in allowing mothers to work in paid employment in poor urban contexts.
This project will evaluate the impact of skills training on women's livelihoods in rural Pakistan.
This project will identify interventions that foster economic empowerment among women directly affected by the conflict in northern Sri Lanka. The goal is to promote policies that are sensitive to women's needs and unique circumstances.