The World Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab 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, incomes and savings, and other empowerment indicators. The goal is to document what has and has not worked for women in the region, understand the types of interventions implemented, and identify gaps in knowledge and action. The review organizes interventions in six categories: Skills, Assets, Credit, Labor market, Entrepreneurship, and Empowerment. This brief summarizes the main findings from the Self-Help Group subtheme of the Empowerment category. The systematic review includes experimental and quasi experimental evidence for policies and programs, implemented in any South Asian country, which directly aimed to change women’s economic outcomes or have indirectly done so. This brief focuses on studies that organize or evaluate women’s self-help groups (SHGs) as a mechanism for achieving changes in economic outcomes.
Blog » What do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia? Self-Help Group Programs
What do We Know About Interventions to Increase Women’s Economic Participation and Empowerment in South Asia? Self-Help Group Programs
The World Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab 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, incomes and savings, and other empowerment indicators. The goal is to document what has and has not worked for women in the region, understand the types of interventions implemented, and identify gaps in knowledge and action. The review organizes interventions in six categories: Skills, Assets, Credit, Labor market, Entrepreneurship, and Empowerment. This brief summarizes the main findings from the Self-Help Group subtheme of the Empowerment category. The systematic review includes experimental and quasi experimental evidence for policies and programs, implemented in any South Asian country, which directly aimed to change women’s economic outcomes or have indirectly done so. This brief focuses on studies that organize or evaluate women’s self-help groups (SHGs) as a mechanism for achieving changes in economic outcomes.