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Although governments are spending more than ever before on youth employment programs, these programs rarely target young women explicitly
This paper documents novel evidence of positive assortative matching along cognitive and socio-emotional skills, time and risk preferences, and education
This paper evaluates a program targeted to adolescent girls in Tanzania that aims to empower them economically as well as socially
Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Evidence from a Lab Experiment and a Randomized Control Trial in Uganda
This paper documents the positive link between the noncognitive skills of women farmers and the adoption of a cash crop
This paper analyses take-up of a project that sought to increase women’s involvement in sugarcane marketing and sales
In an experiment, this study offered households fully-subsidized land titles and basic information about the benefits of land titling
This study promoted the expansion of mobile savings accounts among women micro-entrepreneurs and provided business related training
This project tests two approaches to increasing women’s integration into and returns from cash crop value chains
This case study tells the story of the evolution of psychometric credit scoring as an innovative solution in a World Bank operation
This policy brief provides explanations for female farmers’ labor constraints through a mixed-methods study within the cotton sector
This study finds that reference letters improve firms’ screening ability and employment outcomes, especially for women
This paper discusses the specific barriers that youth face in accessing employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
The study finds incredibly high demand for obtaining a formal status that is separate from tax obligations, and very low take-up of tax registration
The authors designed, implemented and tested an action-planning tool to promote greater job search intensity
Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria
This study among microentrepreneurs in Ghana examines connections between women’s businesses and households’ management of economic resources
This paper identifies the main constraints that women face in developing their businesses in Africa
This study uses consultations in the field, desk research, and primary data collection to understand the patterns of time allocation
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