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This report presents evidence on the mechanisms underlying gender gaps in the Ethiopian workforce.
The World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) conducts impact evaluations of development interventions
Using Mobile Sensing to Understand the Financial Behaviors of Entrepreneurs
This project encouraged households to register at least one of their sugarcane blocks with the wife instead of the husband
These results show how safe spaces interventions can be effective even in the face of large-scale shocks such as Ebola crises
The World Bank Ethiopia team, in collaboration with the government, designed phone surveys with firms and households
This paper investigates global data on female and male enterprises operating in sectors that are typically dominated by the same and opposite sex
Evidence from India
This paper examines women's power relative to that of their husbands in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries
Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade
This paper examines a potential driver of disparities: gender-biased loan officers
Cross-border traders, many of whom are women, face harassment and corruption, which can undermine potential gains
Warrantage is an innovative model of rural finance with the potential to overcome credit, storage, and commitment constraints
This paper analyses the magnitude and predictors of misreporting on intimate partner and sexual violence in Nigeria and Rwanda
This policy brief summarizes top policy lessons from the Africa Gender Innovation Lab's work in securing property rights for women
This study identifies key household-level factors that constrain women’s ability to grow their business.
This note summarizes how the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic could affect women and girls disproportionately.
On Property Rights and Women’s Empowerment in Cote d’Ivoire
This paper presents field experimental evidence that limited information about workseekers’ skills distorts both firm and workseeker behavior
The Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) conducts impact evaluations of development interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa
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