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Empowering Women : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan / Andrew Beath
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Beath, Andrew
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology.
- Economics of Gender.
- Field Experiment.
- Gender.
- Gender and Development.
- Gender and Health.
- Gender and Law.
- Housing & Human Habitats.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Afghanistan.
- Local Subjects:
- Anthropology.
- Economics of Gender.
- Field Experiment.
- Gender.
- Gender and Development.
- Gender and Health.
- Gender and Law.
- Housing & Human Habitats.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Afghanistan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (41 pages)
- Other Title:
- Empowering Women
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2012
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- In societies with widespread gender discrimination, development programs that encourage female participation in local governance can potentially redress gender imbalances in economic, political, and social outcomes. Using a randomized field experiment encompassing 500 Afghan villages, this study finds that a development program which incorporates mandated female participation increases female mobility and involvement in income generation, but does not change female roles in family decision-making or attitudes toward the general role of women in society.
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