Women’s Empowerment in Action - Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa - 2017-07

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Title
Women’s Empowerment in Action - Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa - 2017-07
Author
Oriana Bandiera; Niklas Buehren; Robin Burgess; Markus Goldstein; Selim Gulesci; Imran Rasul; Munshi Sulaiman
Year
2017
Abstract
This analysis evaluates a multi-faceted policy intervention attempting to jump-start adolescent women’s empowerment in Uganda, a context in which 60% of the population are aged below twenty. The intervention aims to relax human capital constraints that adolescent girls face by simultaneously providing them vocational training and information onsex, reproduction and marriage. The results highlight the potential of a multi-faceted program that provides skills transfers as a viable and cost-effective policy intervention to improve the economic and social empowerment of adolescent girls over a four year horizon.
Resource Subject
  • Youth Employment
  • Gender
Keywords/Access Points
women empowerment; marriage; childbearing; human capital investment; social norms; gender equity;
Geographic Locations
  • Africa
Language
  • English
Demographic Groups
  • Youth
  • Women
Special Collections
  • Knowledge Exchange Resources
Archival Record ID
MFA.2024.1775