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  • Combining Safe Spaces with Accompanying Measures : A Solution to Empower Adolescent Girls in Côte d’Ivoire (English)

    This cluster-randomized trial in Côte d’Ivoire examined multi-sectoral approaches to improving adolescent girls’ empowerment (AGE). Safe spaces offering life skills and sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 194982 Document Date: November 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Othmane Boulhane,Claire Elise Boxho,Eleonora Cavagnero,Alejandra Mia Garcia-Meza,Olga Guerrero Horas,Kanga, Desiré,Djibrilla Karamoko,Kouacou, Karine,Mousson Estelle Jamel Koussoube,Christophe Lemiere,Margareta Norris Harrit,Lea Marie Rouanet

  • Top Policy Lessons in Women’s Property Rights (English)

    Land is the major source of income for most African households, particularly those engaged in agriculture. In the region, property rights over land are largely governed by informal customary systems. These...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 192316 Document Date: July 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • GIL Top Policy Lessons on Social Protection (English)

    Women are often overrepresented among the poorest and the most vulnerable. Due to various factors limiting their opportunities, including care responsibilities and gender norms, many either remain outside...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 192575 Document Date: July 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Top Policy Lessons in Agriculture (English)

    In Africa, agriculture is vital for employment and food security. Despite women contributing 40 percent of agricultural labor, they face barriers leading to significant gender gaps in productivity. Closing...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 189309 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • GIL Top Policy Lessons on Empowering Adolescent Girls (English)

    Overlapping crises such as climate change, the ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, regional conflicts and rising global food insecurity exacerbate the inequalities faced by adolescent girls, making...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 185839 Document Date: November 15, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Scalable Solutions to Close Gender Gaps in Nigeria (English)

    Faster and more inclusive growth is needed for Nigeria to make significant progress towards reducing poverty. Addressing the sizable gender gaps and the drivers that undermine women’s economic empowerment...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 185880 Document Date: November 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Amolegbe,Khadijat Busola,Brudevold-Newman,Andrew Peter,Fashogbon,Ayodele Emmanuel,Geist,Amy Elizabeth Copley,Vaillant,Julia

  • How Do Shifts in Land Tenure Affect Farmers in the Philippines? (English)

    Land titling interventions often span several years. The impacts of an intervention that subdivides collective land titles and issues individual titles can vary across individuals and time. The vast majority...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 185184 Document Date: October 13, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Investing to Unlock the Potential of Nigeria’s Women Farmers (English)

    Gender gaps in agricultural productivity in Nigeria are estimated to cost the economy at least 2.3 billion annually, and more when accounting for spillovers to other sectors (World Bank 2022). The Government...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184955 Document Date: September 20, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fashogbon,Ayodele Emmanuel,Morrison,Laurel Elizabeth,Sahay,Abhilasha,Vaillant,Julia

  • Gender Gaps in Agriculture Productivity and Public Spending in Nigeria (English)

    Women farmers produce 30 percent less per hectare than their male counterparts. Among various factors, there are three key drivers of gender gaps in agriculture productivity in Nigeria: women use fewer...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184924 Document Date: September 18, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fashogbon,Ayodele Emmanuel,Morrison,Laurel Elizabeth,Sahay,Abhilasha,Vaillant,Julia

  • Phone-Based Financial Heuristics Training for Female Retailers in Ethiopia (English)

    A recent review of evidence on the impacts of business training indicates the need to develop alternatives to formal classroom training, simpler rules-of-thumb-type trainings for less sophisticated firms...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 184976 Document Date: September 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tefera,Girum Abebe,Asheber,Tsedey,Hailemicheal,Adiam Hagos,Weis,Toni Johannes