Document Type: Environmental and Social Review Summary Report No.: ESRSA00658 Document Date: APR 03, 2020

Author: Kamatsuchi,Mahoko Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR40885 Document Date: APR 01, 2020

Author: Morton,John Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Environmental and Social Review Summary Report No.: ESRSA00586 Document Date: APR 01, 2020

Author: Schneidman,Miriam Disclosure Status: Disclosed

There is broad evidence of gender gaps in the productivity of microenterprises, which are in part linked to financial and human capital constraints. ... See More + Existing literature suggests that interventions simultaneously addressing skills and capital constraints can be effective, but there is little evidence to date exploring the combination of skills and savings interventions. This study tests the relative effectiveness and cost effectiveness of providing supply-side incentives to promote agent banking savings accounts, business and financial literacy training for female entrepreneurs, and the combination of the two on women’s businesses and agency in Indonesia. The study took place in four hundred and one villages in East Java in which agent banking products were recently introduced. Although the trial found only small positive effects on the take-up of branchless banking services, both interventions had significant positive impacts on women’s profits. The impacts of the training and mentoring intervention seem to come in part from improved business practices, greater savings, increased business assets, and increased decision-making power. Because the high incentives treatment impacted women’s profits but not any intermediate outcomes the mechanisms are less clear potentially coming either from a more woman-friendly business environment or through using their husbands’ savings or their existing savings to support their businesses. Although the high agent incentives are more cost-effective than the training and mentoring, policy makers may still prefer the demand-side intervention, as it has more positive implications for women’s overall empowerment and stronger impacts for the poorest quintile of female entrepreneurs.  See Less -

Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 147227 Document Date: MAR 31, 2020

Author: Johnson,Hillary C.; Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes; Perova,Elizaveta; Witoelar,Firman Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Environmental and Social Review Summary Report No.: ESRSA00597 Document Date: MAR 31, 2020

Author: Hyder,Ziauddin Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0028716 Document Date: MAR 30, 2020

Author: Belay,Abiy Demissie Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0028719 Document Date: MAR 29, 2020

Author: Sadia,Umme Saima Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Environmental and Social Review Summary Report No.: ESRSA00585 Document Date: MAR 27, 2020

Author: Chisaka,Noel Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Environmental and Social Review Summary Report No.: ESRSA00605 Document Date: MAR 26, 2020

Author: Araujo,Edson Correia Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Environmental and Social Review Summary Report No.: ESRSA00589 Document Date: MAR 25, 2020

Author: Araujo,Edson Correia Disclosure Status: Disclosed