This paper provides an overview of a research project that assessed the long-term impact of three antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh—the introduction of new agricultural technologies, educational transfers, and microfinance—on monetary and nonmonetary measures of well-being. This paper begins by setting out the conceptual framework, methodology, and empirical methods used for the evaluation of long-term impacts. >> Read more
Publication: Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health and birth outcomes?
Evidence from El Salvador’s Comunidades Solidarias Rurales Although conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are traditionally evaluated in relation to child schooling and nutrition outcomes, there is growing interest in specifically examining maternal and reproductive health impacts. However, since data collection is not typically designed to evaluate these outcomes and sample sizes are often limited, there is >> Read more
Event (DC): The Hidden Role of Gender in Food Security & Value Chain Development
Society for International Development Gender in Development Workgroup When: Friday, April 22, 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m Where: The National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Please join the SID-Washington Gender in Development Workgroup for a panel discussion on "The Hidden Role of Gender in Food Security & Value Chain Development." Investing >> Read more
Funding: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is searching for scientists who are interested in conducting research on gender issues related to the climate change, agriculture, and food security nexus. CCAFS will award women scientists enrolled in a PhD program or interested in a post doctoral opportunity, and who are >> Read more
IFPRI Brief: the Gender Implications of Large Scale Land Deals
Whether viewed as “land grabs” or as agricultural investment for development, large-scale land deals by investors in developing countries are generating considerable attention. However, investors, policymakers, officials, and other key stakeholders have paid little attention to a dimension of these deals essential to truly understanding their impact: gender. It is easy to laud outside investment >> Read more
Resource: Supporting the Advancement of Women in ICT
Jidaw Systems, the socially driven ICT firm in Nigeria has provided the following resources and events to support the empowerment of women with ICTs. Women in ICT - Moving up the Value Chain Why are so few women in ICT? What must be done to advance and empower women with ICTs? The future more...
Event (DC World Bank): Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
Poverty and Applied Micro Seminar Series Matthias Doepke (Northwestern University) Michele Tertilt (Stanford University) presented by Matthias Doepke Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Room MC3-570, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women >> Read more
Event & Webcast: Renewing IDB’s commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment
Date: 07 Apr 2011 Time: 9:30 AM Location: Washington DC, United States Venue: IDB Auditorium/EVICC, 1330 New York Avenue, N.W. Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.* Keynote Speaker: Michelle Bachelet, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director for UN Women Guest Speaker: Vanda Pignato, Secretary of Social Inclusion and First Lady of El Salvador The Inter-American >> Read more
Publication: A Silent ‘Revolution’? Women’s Empowerment in Rural Tamil Nadu
Staffan Lindberg, , Venkatesh B athreya, , R Vidyasagar , Goran Djurfeldt , A Rajagopal One of the most significant social changes over the past 25 years in Tamil Nadu is the entry of women into the local political bodies at the village and village union levels through the 33% reservation system. Simultaneously, women are >> Read more
World Bank Justice for the Poor publication, Increasing Access to Justice for Women, the Poor and Those Living in Remote Areas– An Indonesia Case Study.
Increasing Access to Justice for Women, the Poor and Those Living in Remote Areas: An Indonesia Case Study. Justice for the Poor gender work in Indonesia has been focusing on access to justice for women and community legal empowerment. Women's ability to access religious courts is a crucial step in opening up their access to >> Read more
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