The Care category covers interventions and mandates that reduce the care burden onwomen and, consequently, enable them to participate asactive economic agents. For the review, care responsibilities are defined as activitiesthat keep women engaged in looking after members of theirhousehold....

Despite decades of economic growth, gender disparities in South Asia remain remarkably high. Although not the only one, social norms are a crucial driver of various gender outcomes, including differential economic participation. Using repeated cross-sectional data from nationally representative...

The World Bank's South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab (SAR GIL) is conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions with direct or indirect effects on measures of women's economic empowerment. The review focuses on changes in labor force participation, employment, income, and...

Despite decades of economic growth, gender inequality in South Asia remains remarkably high. Although not the only one, social norms are a crucial driver of various gender outcomes, including differential economic participation. Using repeated cross-sectional data from nationally representative...

The World Bank's South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab (SARGIL) is conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions with direct or indirect effects on measures of women's economic empowerment. The review focuses on changes in labor market outcomes, income, and other...