women

What are the barriers to women’s labour force participation in Bangladesh? What are some promising evidence-based policy options? Where is more evidence required?

The large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt improved education, labour and marriage outcomes, particularly for women

Providing information about the quality of placement agencies improves migration outcomes for job-seeking migrant women

Financial inclusion programmes must be designed to ensure that women can act with financial independence

Criminalising sex work in Indonesia led to large increases in sexually transmitted infections among sex workers and likely across the whole population

Targeting women directly with relevant information in ways that are appealing increases their agency, access to resources, and achievements in farming

A decline in child mortality in America led to substantial changes in women’s choices and behaviour

A series of experiments in India provide insights into ways microfinance can be refined to strengthen its impact for the world’s poorest women

A cash transfer experiment in Bangladesh targeting the ultra-poor reveals that complementary assets are key in escaping poverty