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 …

women to ensure the funds are spent as intended. Beyond changes in consumption and investment, directing these transfers to … women can also serve to empower women by increasing household resources under their control. We analyze the impacts of … Pakistan's BISP program on women's decision-making power within households using data collected between 2011 and 2013 as the …