The South Asia Gender Innovation Lab has published a review of studies that summarizes the effects of providing grants, credit, or flexible loan contracts on women’s economic empowerment outcomes in South Asia. The

Social norms research is a rich, inter-disciplinary field that borrows from psychology, economics, sociology, and statistics, among others, to measure beliefs and design programs to change them. This J-PAL blog

This 8-step guide offers a useful illustration and recommendations for changing gender norms and advancing women's economic rights. Patriarchal gender norms create barriers to women's access to fairly paid and

 Outmigration has become an alternative source of employment for millions of South Asian men and women unable to find jobs in their own countries. In a nascent area of study that looks

Pakistan has one of the lowest female labor force participation rates in Asia. In this policy brief, researchers from the Asian Development Bank identify a complex web of restrictive social norms,

On March 30, Professor Alice Evans, a well-known scholar of gender disparities, presented her provocative hypothesis to explain the stagnant female labor force participation in South Asia to an attentive

A podcast that takes a deep dive into gender norms in Papua New Guinea and the impact of new technology in making financial services available in remote regions of the world. The

Pakistan takes center stage in this podcast by our host, the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab. We hear from senior World Bank specialists about the design modalities of women’s groups and

Even in the age of social media saturated with updates and general airing of opinions, could it be possible that people misperceive something as fundamental as a woman’s right to

It is established that employment improves a woman's bargaining position in the household. However, very little is known about the potential spillover effects of female career advancement. This report offers