Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) program in Uganda (English)

This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) program in Uganda, conducted between time periods April 2009-August 2012 in Uganda. A year after the intervention, the average cash earnings doubled, cash savings tripled, and short-term spending on durable assets increased 30 to 50 percent...

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Blattman,Christopher;

Green, Eric;

Annann, Jeannie;

Jamison, Julain;
Document Date
2013/08/14
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
81204
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Uganda,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2013/09/25
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) program in Uganda
Keywords
business training

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Blattman,Christopher; Green, Eric; Annann, Jeannie; Jamison, Julain.

Building women's economic and social empowerment through enterprise an experimental assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support (WINGS) program in Uganda (English). enGender Impact : the World Bank's Gender Impact Evaluation Database Washington DC : World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/187861468108874826

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