Is there a mindset gap holding women back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a set of attitudes … performance of women-owned micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia. The trainings were underpinned by psychology with a mission to …-efficacy, personal initiative, and entrepreneurial locus of control to the women, relative to a control group. The study finds suggestive …

This paper evaluates an intervention to raise young women's economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women … impact of the Ebola outbreak on the economic lives of 4,700 women tracked over the crisis, and any ameliorating role played … school post-crisis. In treated villages, the unavailability of young women leads some older girls to use transactional sex as …

Electrification has been shown to accelerate opportunities for women by moving them into more productive activities …. This paper investigates the causal link between electricity access and women's empowerment, using a large gender …-disaggregated data set on India. Empowerment is measured by women's decision-making ability, mobility, financial autonomy, reproductive …

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge … in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards … achieve its primary objective of improving livelihoods by transitioning more women into work. The program has also expanded …

fragility, conflict and violence, entrepreneurs of small and medium-size experience chronic stress and poor mental health on a … small and medium-size enterprise entrepreneurs in conflict-affected parts of Pakistan. Entrepreneurs in the treatment group …, which was conducted with 235 entrepreneurs, found that cognitive behavioral training leads to significant improvements in …