Publication: Measuring Women’s Control Over Assets
Date
2021-08
ISSN
Published
2021-08
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Gender inequalities in the ownership,
control, and use of assets are a widespread and pervasive
development challenge. Persistent gender gaps remain in
women’s access to land, housing, and financial assets.
Expanding women’s control over assets is key not only for
improving gender equality, but also for promoting economic
development and wellbeing. Researchers and policymakers have
made important progress addressing many of the challenges
posed by the heterogenous conceptualization of asset
ownership across contexts. But knowledge gaps persist
regarding the extent of women’s ownership and rights over
assets, the nature and implications of gender differences in
reporting data on property rights, and the best practices
for questionnaire design and data collection protocols. This
brief summarizes existing knowledge gaps in the three key
measurement areas and lays out how the measures for
advancing gender equality (MAGNET) initiative plans to
tackle them. The ultimate goal is to generate rigorous
empirical evidence to advise on the best tools to measure
and analyze women’s control over assets.
Citation
“World Bank. 2021. Measuring Women’s Control Over Assets. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36271 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”