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Connecting Economies, Empowering Women (2024)
This report details findings from a multi-year program aimed at promoting regional growth and women’s economic empowerment through trade facilitation and connectivity in the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,...
Men's Household Water Fetching in India: Gender Inequity is ...
Though traditionally seen as women’s work, men serve as primary fetchers of water in over 20% of households in India, based on 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey data. This study finds that men’s...
How police patrols reduced severe street harassment in India...
In commemorating the 16-Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence Campaign, we are spotlighting a blog co-authored by SAR GIL team member, Sofia Amaral. Read about how the deployment of frequent ...
Debiasing Law Enforcement Officers: Evidence from an Express...
Debiasing Law Enforcement Officers: Evidence from an Express...
Transportation, Employment, and Gender Norms: Evidence from ...
This study presents a theoretical framework and empirical evidence on the role of transportation infrastructure in shaping women's labor force participation in 12 Indian cities. It finds that while bo...
Financial Inclusion and Women’s Bargaining Power: Evidence f...
Using household data from the Indian National Family Health Survey, this article concludes that owning a bank account has a statistically significant positive impact on women's bargaining power and ab...
Aggregate Implications of Barriers to Female Entrepreneurshi...
This paper develops a framework for quantifying barriers to labor force participation and entrepreneurship faced by women in developing countries and then applies this framework to the Indian economy....
Do Marriage Markets Respond to a Natural Disaster? The Impac...
“Since marriage is almost universal and divorce still an anomaly in South Asia, age at marriage is one of the most important determinants of women’s and their children’s well-being,” begins this study...
She Wins: Electing Women in Ethnically Divided Societies (20...
This blog delves into the complex dynamics of gender, religion, and the politics of the marginalized in India. In Bihar, one of India’s most populous and poorest states, researchers conducted a survey...
Women's Political Leadership and Economic Empowerment: Evide...
This research expands the evidence on the economic impacts of female leadership by examining the relationship between village leadership positions held by women (political reservation) and the uptake ...
Bhumi Purohit on Female Leaders and Bureaucratic Resistance ...
Why do inequities in policy implementation persist even when women achieve parity as elected officials? This conversation with Bhumi Purohit offers granular insights into behavioral and institutional ...