Independent Evaluation Group2015-01-302015-01-302014https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21365Poverty reduction is the overarching objective of the World Bank Group and is reflected in the institution s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). More recently, the twin goals of the institution, eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity, expressed a renewed commitment toward the Bank Group s vision of a world free of poverty. This message is intimately related to another main goal of the institution: advancing gender equality. The shared prosperity goal calls for ensuring that men and women and boys and girls are included in the development process. This review focuses on a core set of poverty reduction interventions: Social Safety Net (SSN) programs. SSNs, a subset of social protection programs, are noncontributory transfer programs. Their main objective is to protect the poor against destitution and promoting equality of opportunity. The need to integrate gender considerations into the design of SSNs (and social protection interventions more generally) is an explicit objective of the World Bank Social Protection (SP) strategy. This report analyzes whether SSN interventions produce results and help to improve gender equality for men and women and boys and girls, either as a deliberate outcome or as an unplanned consequence. The report discusses whether SSN interventions aim to empower women and achieve greater gender equality, or impact other gender outcomes as one of their main goals. The report also looks at what type of actions and indicators these interventions adopt and what results they obtain. The report reviews evidence of results on SSN-specific outcomes.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO RESOURCESADULTHOODALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENTASSISTANCE PROGRAMSATTENDANCE RATESBARGAINING MODELSBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBENEFITS FOR WOMENCASH ASSISTANCECASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCHILD HEALTHCHILD LABORCHILDHOODCONDITIONAL CASHCONFLICTCONTRACEPTIONCONTRIBUTORY PENSIONSCUSTOMARY LAWSDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENTDIVORCEDOMESTIC VIOLENCEECONOMIC BARRIERSECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENEMPLOYMENT GUARANTEEEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENEMPOWERMENT OF WOMENEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITYEUFAMILY WELFAREFATHERFEMALEFEMALE EMPLOYMENTFEMALE HEADSFEMALESFINANCIAL INDEPENDENCEFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD SECURITYFOOD TRANSFERSFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONFUTURE EARNINGSGENDERGENDER ACTIONGENDER ASPECTSGENDER CONSIDERATIONSGENDER DEVELOPMENTGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIMENSIONGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUALITY GOALGENDER EQUALITY GOALSGENDER GAPSGENDER GAPS IN ACCESSGENDER IMPLICATIONSGENDER INDICATORSGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER INEQUALITYGENDER INTERVENTIONSGENDER ISSUESGENDER MAINSTREAMINGGENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGYGENDER ROLESGENDER SEGREGATIONGIRLSHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH FACILITYHEIGHT-FOR-AGEHOMEHOME RATIONHOUSEHOLD ALLOCATIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLDSHOUSINGHUMAN RIGHTSHUSBANDINCOME SECURITYINCOME SUPPORTINFORMAL INSURANCEINFORMAL SECTORINHERITANCEINSURANCEINTEGRATION OF GENDERINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICYINTERVENTIONINTERVENTIONSLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOR SUPPLYLABOUR ORGANIZATIONLAND OWNERSHIPLEGAL STATUSLIVING ARRANGEMENTSMAINTENANCE PROGRAMMARRIAGE LAWSMARRIAGESMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMOTHERMOTHERHOODMOTHERSNURSESNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSOCCUPATIONSOLD AGEOLD AGE PENSIONOLD AGE PENSIONSPENSIONPENSIONSPHYSICIANSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOVERTY INTERVENTIONSPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOWER OF WOMENPREGNANCIESPREGNANCYPRENATAL CAREPRODUCTIVE ASSETSPROGRAM DESIGNSPROTECTION SYSTEMPROTECTION SYSTEMSPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARERESOURCE ALLOCATIONSAFETYSAVINGSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL ENROLLMENTSEXSEXUAL VIOLENCESITE FEEDINGSOCIAL ACTIONSOCIAL ACTION FUNDSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMSSOCIAL PENSIONSSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARESSNSTRUCTURAL REFORMSTARGETINGTEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTTRANSFER RECIPIENTUNITED NATIONSURBAN AREASVICTIMSVOUCHERSVULNERABLE GROUPVULNERABLE GROUPSWELFARE PROGRAMSWILLWOMANWOMEN'S HEALTHWORK PROGRAMSWORKS PROJECTSWORLD FOOD PROGRAMMEYOUNG WOMEN10.1596/21365