It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …

neutrality and suggests that some design features in these interventions can yield more positive economic outcomes for women than … for men. These include features in savings and ‘Graduation' programs that increase women's economic self-reliance and self … that address women's additional time burdens and childcare demands. Peer support may also help to increase financial risk …

Forty-five years ago, the first Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social … Conference of the International Women’s Year (Mexico City, 1975). This meeting culminated in the adoption by the governments of … the region of the Regional Plan of Action for the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development …

social norms, economic outcomes for women remain markedly worse than for men. Drawing on insights from feminism … confronting women throughout the world--including nonmarket scenarios, such as marriage, family, fertility choice, and bargaining ….Mukesh Eswaran examines how women's behavioral responses in economic situations and their bargaining power within the household …