What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia?

The World Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab is conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions with direct or indirect effects on measures of women’s economic empowerment. The review focuses on changes in labor force...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/235351625080690161/What-Do-We-Know-About-Interventions-to-Increase-Women-s-Economic-Participation-and-Empowerment-in-South-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35963

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spelling	okr-10986-359632021-07-20T05:10:49Z What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia? World Bank GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING The World Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab is conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions with direct or indirect effects on measures of women’s economic empowerment. The review focuses on changes in labor force participation, employment, income, and empowerment outcomes. The goal is to document what has worked and has not for women in the region (covering all countries; Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), the types of interventions implemented, and identifiable gaps in knowledge and action. The review organizes interventions in six broad categories: skills, assets, credit, labor market, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. This note summarizes the main findings from skill-building interventions. 2021-07-19T20:55:56Z 2021-07-19T20:55:56Z 2021-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/235351625080690161/What-Do-We-Know-About-Interventions-to-Increase-Women-s-Economic-Participation-and-Empowerment-in-South-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35963 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia South Asia
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description	The World Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab is conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions with direct or indirect effects on measures of women’s economic empowerment. The review focuses on changes in labor force participation, employment, income, and empowerment outcomes. The goal is to document what has worked and has not for women in the region (covering all countries; Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), the types of interventions implemented, and identifiable gaps in knowledge and action. The review organizes interventions in six broad categories: skills, assets, credit, labor market, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. This note summarizes the main findings from skill-building interventions.
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title	What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia?
title_short	What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia?
title_full	What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia?
title_fullStr	What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia?
title_full_unstemmed	What Do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia?
title_sort	what do we know about interventions to increase women’s economic participation and empowerment in south asia?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/235351625080690161/What-Do-We-Know-About-Interventions-to-Increase-Women-s-Economic-Participation-and-Empowerment-in-South-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35963
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