Empowering adolescent girls in Uganda (English)

The productive potential of adolescent girls in Uganda is critically limited by the reciprocal relationship between low health, education and employment indicators. With little incentive to attain relevant skills training, girls choose to have children early and become engaged in risky behavior, further hampering their ability to generate income. To address these challenges, we evaluated the impact of a BRAC program that simultaneously provided livelihoods...

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Bandiera,Oriana;

Buehren,Niklas;

Burgess,Robin Stuart L.;

Goldstein,Markus P.;

Gulesci,Selim;

Rasul,Imran;

Sulaiman,Munshi;
Document Date
2013/01/01
Report Number
75562
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Uganda,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2013/02/26
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Empowering adolescent girls in Uganda
Keywords
adolescent girl

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Bandiera,Oriana; Buehren,Niklas; Burgess,Robin Stuart L.; Goldstein,Markus P.; Gulesci,Selim; Rasul,Imran; Sulaiman,Munshi.

Empowering adolescent girls in Uganda (English). Africa region gender practice policy brief|no. 4 Washington D.C. : The Worldbank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/759791468316477824

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