whether development aid given for gender equality objectives leads to progress in women’s legal rights in recipient countries … gendered aid on changes in women’s rights. Our findings show that gender-focused aid has a positive impact on the de …

This study investigates the effectiveness of gender-mainstreamed aid in mitigating gender inequality. We develop a … robust theoretical model that accounts for the potential positive and perceived negative effects of shifts toward gender … parity, capturing diverse societal perspectives. Utilizing a comprehensive dataset on aid activities focused on gender (in …

This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on gender equality in education outcomes in developing countries … indicate that aggregate aid disbursements to the education sector negatively affect gender parity in enrolment at the secondary … and tertiary education levels and have no impact on gender parity in primary education. No impact of subsector specific …

positive and statistically significant impacts on education outcomes for both boys and girls. For boys, the presence of typhoon …-resistant schools equipped with instructional resources led to an average increase of 0.26–0.31 years of education, while the presence … of instructional resources alone led to an average increase of 0.23–0.26 years of education. For girls, the availability …

concern. While aid specifically to promote gender equality receives only a tiny share of aid budgets, allocations to education … donors indeed give more aid to countries with larger gender gaps ('need') in education, health, employment, or women's rights …, or rather reward improvements in those indicators ('merit'). We find some evidence that gender gaps in education and …

The aid allocation literature has neglected gender-specific needs for aid. We assess the hypothesis that gender … inequality in education is more likely to affect the aid allocation of donor countries with female leadership in the relevant … ministry. We find no evidence for a needs-based allocation of aid for education. Female as well as male leaders appear to have …

: social institutions related to gender inequality, defined as societal practices and legal norms that frame gender roles and …. We suggest that a special set of indicators reflecting social institutions related to gender inequality in both fragile …