for girls remain much lower than for boys for disadvantaged populations in many Sub-Saharan countries and some parts of … South Asia (World Bank 2012). One of the key messages of the World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development is …

designs. While World Bank projects are fairly effective at providing women and girls with the resources they need to reach … women and girls' empowerment as a sustainable way to enhance well-being and close gender gaps. The operational approach to … women and girls' empowerment can guide practitioners in systematically translating the concept of empowerment into project …

contribute to their human capital accumulation, and (ii) households perceive lower returns to investing in older girls than in …

Although girls are approximately half the youth population in developing countries, they contribute less than their … potential to the economy. The objective of this paper is to quantify the opportunity cost of girls' exclusion from productive … employment with the hope that stark figures will lead policymakers to reconsider the current underinvestment in girls. The paper …