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The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program (English)

This paper evaluates an intervention to raise young women's economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple economic disadvantages. The intervention provides them with a protective space (a club) where they can find support, receive information on health and reproductive issues, and vocational training. Unexpectedly, the post-baseline period coincided with the 2014 Ebola outbreak. The analysis...
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Bandiera,Oriana; Buehren,Niklas; Goldstein,Markus P.; Rasul,Imran; Smurra,Andrea.

The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8760 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/452451551361923106

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