show results. This background paper has been developed to inform the discussions on advancing women's financial inclusion … in Pakistan. It seeks to map the current state of financial access for women and to provide insights into their financial …

The Women Economic Empowerment report outlines the factors contributing to the persistently low economic participation … of Egyptian women and to identify "gender smart" policies and solutions to boost economic growth while at the same time …, narrowing relevant gender gaps. The study provides the context of women's share of the public space as reflected in their access …

-disaster context, women's and girls' unequal access to social, political, and economic resources influences their access to post …-disaster assistance and compensation for damage and losses. While the post-disaster context presents a host of challenges for women, it is … important to recognize that women are not just victims of disasters. The strength of post-disaster recovery lies with how well …

undertakes a talk-centered analysis of the gram sabha with a focus on examining the oral participation of women in general and … women affiliated with microcredit self-help groups who have access to an associational life. The qualitative analysis of 255 … gram sabha transcripts from four South Indian states finds that women associated with microcredit self-help groups employ a …

, India, this paper opens the "black box" of deliberation to examine the gendered and status-based patterns of influence … measures of deliberative influence, women are at a disadvantage relative to men; women are less likely to speak, set the agenda …, and receive a relevant response from state officials. Finally, the paper shows that although quotas for women on village …

investigates the mechanism, by exploiting variation from a legal reform aimed at improving women's inheritance rights in India …This paper examines whether economic empowerment of women improves their autonomy within their marital household, and …. Results suggest that the reform increased women's participation in decision-making but at the expense of the older generation …

policy research on women's employment in India. The discussion is situated in the normative construction of motherhood and …Since the 1990s, India has seen robust economic growth, rising wages, steady fertility decline, increased urbanization … transitions, urban women's employment has refused to budge, never crossing the 25 percent mark. This paper fills a critical gap in …

on Women (BoW) Program in the Europe and Central Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) through BLC Bank of … the capacity created within the bank to sustainably service women entrepreneurs and consumers. BLC Bank's BoW Program has … been branded by the Bank as the, We Initiative (Women Empowerment Initiative) and will be referred to as such throughout …

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are an important instrument of growth for India's economy. The … contribution of the MSME sector to India's gross domestic product (GDP) was estimated to be around 8 to 9 percent in 2012 after … agriculture; MSMEs have emerged as the second largest source of employment in India. For growth to be inclusive and equitable, it …

The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female …