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 …

The purpose of this report is to present the findings from a study on the Economic Empowerment of Women through … facilitate the competitiveness of micro and small enterprises and economic opportunities for women and other disadvantaged people … analysis along this transport corridor, analyzes human capital (with particular focus on women) and the labor force along …

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 …

In October 2012, the Government of Ethiopia launched the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project (WEDP), with the …-owned by women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. In doing so, it created the first ever women-entrepreneur focused line of credit in …

limit women's ability to participate actively and influence outcomes in these forums. In response, policy makers have tried … to induce women's participation by leveraging the group-based format of self-help groups, which can build women's social …, known as the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project, on women's civic participation in rural Tamil Nadu. Using text-as-data methods on 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 …

is underreported in Kerala, India, using the list randomization technique. The results indicate that the level of …, women and those who are professionally educated tend to underreport more than others. Underreporting is also higher among …

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 …

Female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2011 are surprisingly low and have stagnated … since the late 1980s. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, married women's labor … incomes and husband's education as well as the falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the demand side, the sectors …

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 …