direct impact of a female school stipend program in Punjab, Pakistan: Did the intervention increase female enrollment in …

The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was …

women, the collective household bargaining model applies. This study also finds that, in Pakistan, when women have more …. The unitary model seems to fit Pakistan's context because the prevailing traditional culture positions the male head as … the household decision maker. However, using a set of direct measures of decision-making power from the Pakistan Social …

toward improving women's utilization of maternity services must target men as well as women in Pakistan …A large body of research has attempted to explore the links between women's autonomy and their uptake of reproductive … health services in the South Asia region, but the evidence so far is inconclusive. This study uses the Pakistan Social and …

finds that fertility decreases are mainly caused by fewer transitions to a third birth. Graduate women participating in the … formal labor market are most at risk of deciding against child arrival in comparison with inactive or unemployed women. The … third rank is particularly concerned, as women?s income contribution seems to be crucial for many families that already have …

conditional cash transfer experiment among teenage girls and young women in Malawi, which was designed to address these …. Policymakers looking to design cost-effective cash transfer programs targeted toward young women should note the relative …

This paper reviews empirical findings from economic analyses of the role of gender equality and women's empowerment in … range of development outcomes, the paper presents evidence on the impact of women's access to markets (labor, land, and … credit) and women's decision-making power within households on poverty reduction and productivity at the individual and …

This study aims to understand women's engagement in economic activities in rural Honduras and why these activities may … not be accurately reflected in official statistics. The study finds that women underreport their engagement in economic … percentage points. Two main explanations are found. First, women identify themselves (and are identified) primarily as housewives …

This paper seeks to fill a knowledge gap relative to the low uptake of services for women living in situations of … protect women from domestic violence. Through qualitative research, this paper explores the experience of women survivors of … violence against women (VAW) in seeking help to exit abusive relationships, with the aim of identifying avenues to strengthen …