Two major approaches on how to address women's land security can be identified: reforming the formal legal sector, and … embracing informal community practices. However, through research conducted among Kenya's agricultural communities, the authors … control and ultimately prevent women from obtaining land, leaving all of these systems inadequate in ensuring women's access …

of their unassisted competitors. This study tests this possibility using a two-stage randomized experiment in Kenya. The …

of occupational segregation, the program had a surprising effect. For women who at baseline were implicitly biased … against associating women with professional attributes, the likelihood that the program induced switching into the information … and communications technology sector was more than three times as large than that of unbiased women. These results suggest …

How can governments ensure that women have the same employment and entrepreneurship opportunities as men? One important … regardless of gender. Women, Business and the Law 2018, the fifth edition in a series, examines laws affecting women's economic …

Women have experienced significant changes in various spheres of their lives during the last decades as Bangladesh made … economic progress. Yet women's economic engagement and empowerment are subdued, as they cannot make sufficient choices for … examining women's participation in the labour force, ownership and control of household assets, use and control of financial …

The World Bank Group's Women, Business and the Law examines laws and regulations affecting women's prospects as … women and promote research on how to improve women's economic inclusion …