Publication: What do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia?: Asset Transfers and Property Law
Date
2022-09
ISSN
Published
2022-09
Author(s)
Zahra, Najaf
Javed, Amna
Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria
Abstract
The World Bank’s South Asia Region
Gender Innovation Lab (SAR GIL) 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 what 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
asset transfer interventions and changes in inheritance and
property right policies.
Citation
“Zahra, Najaf; Javed, Amna; Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria. 2022. What do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia? : Asset Transfers and Property Law. Systematic Review On Women’s Economic Empowerment;September 2022. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/38078 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”