Publication: What do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia?: Financial Products

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2023-04-07
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2023-04-07
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Javed, Amna
Zahra, Najaf
Boudet, Ana Maria Munoz
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The World Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab (SARGIL) 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 market outcomes, income, and other empowerment indicators. The goal is to document what has and has not worked for women in the region (covering all countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), understand the types of interventions implemented, and identify gaps in knowledge and action. Interventions are organized into five categories: Skills, Assets, Financial Products, Care, and Empowerment. This brief summarizes the main findings from the financial products category.
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Javed, Amna; Zahra, Najaf; Boudet, Ana Maria Munoz. 2023. What do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia?: Financial Products. Systematic Review on Women's Economic Empowerment; March 2023. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39646 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.
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