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Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa

dc.contributor.authorBandiera, Oriana
dc.contributor.authorBuehren, Niklas
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Robin
dc.contributor.authorGoldstein, Markus
dc.contributor.authorGulesci, Selim
dc.contributor.authorRasul, Imran
dc.contributor.authorSulaiman, Munshi
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-11T15:59:03Z
dc.date.available2017-09-11T15:59:03Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.description.abstractWomen in developing countries are disempowered: high youth unemployment, early marriage and childbearing interact to limit their investments into human capital and enforce dependence on men. The authors evaluate a multi-faceted policy intervention attempting to jumpstart adolescent women’s empowerment in Uganda, a context in which 60 percent of the population are aged below twenty. The intervention aims to relax human capital constraints that adolescent girls face by simultaneously providing them vocational training and information on sex, reproduction and marriage. The authors find that four years post-intervention, adolescent girls in treated communities are 48 percent more likely to engage in income generating activities, an impact almost entirely driven by their greater engagement in self-employment. Teen pregnancy falls by 34 percent, and early entry into marriage/cohabitation falls by 62 percent. Strikingly, the share of girls reporting sex against their will drops by close to a third and aspired ages at which to marry and start childbearing move forward. The results highlight the potential of a multi-faceted program that provides skills transfers as a viable and cost-e¤ective policy intervention to improve the economic and social empowerment of adolescent girls over a four year horizon.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/707081502348725124/Women-s-empowerment-in-action-evidence-from-a-randomized-control-trial-in-Africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/28282
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28282
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectYOUTH
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN'S AGENCY
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
dc.subjectEARLY MARRIAGE
dc.subjectCHILDBEARING
dc.subjectADOLESCENT GIRLS
dc.subjectSELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectWOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.titleWomen’s Empowerment in Actionen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africaen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleWomen’s Empowerment in Action
okr.date.disclosure2017-08-09
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/707081502348725124/Women-s-empowerment-in-action-evidence-from-a-randomized-control-trial-in-Africa
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/28282
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okr.identifier.report118203
okr.identifier.report134122
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/707081502348725124/pdf/118203-WP-ELA-PUBLIC.pdfen
okr.topicGender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economic Policy
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Policy
okr.unitGlobal Theme Department - Gender (GTGDR)
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