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  • 1
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    Evaluation of an Adolescent Development Program for Girls in Tanzania (2017)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV048269226
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (25 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Content: This paper evaluates a program targeted to adolescent girls in Tanzania that aims to empower them economically as well as socially. The program was found to be highly successful in Uganda in terms of economic, health, and social outcomes. In contrast, this evaluation finds that the program did not have any notable effect on most of these outcomes in the Tanzanian setting. The evaluation also measures the impact of the program with and without microcredit services. The findings show that the addition of microcredit improves the take-up of the program and savings of the participants. The paper explores programmatic implementation information that helps explain the marked difference in outcomes between Uganda and Tanzania. This research shows that layering additional microfinance services onto an adolescent development program can be an effective tool to attain greater inclusion of youth in financial services, and brings out important issues of the generalizability of the research findings
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Buehren, Niklas Evaluation of an Adolescent Development Program for Girls in Tanzania Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2017
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7961
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    Womens Empowerment, Sibling Rivalry, and Competitiveness : Evidence from a Lab Experiment and a Randomized Control Trial in Uganda (2016)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV048269622
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (18 p)
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    Content: This study looks at how a community event—adolescent womens economic and social empowerment—and a family factor—sibling sex composition—interact in shaping gender differences in preferences for competition. To do so, a lab-in-the-field experiment is conducted using competitive games layered over the randomized rollout of a community program that empowered adolescent girls in Uganda. In contrast with the literature, the study finds no gender differences in competitiveness among adolescents, on average. It also finds no evidence of differences in competitiveness between girls in treatment and control communities, on average. However, in line with the literature, in control communities the study finds that boys surrounded by sisters are less competitive. Strikingly, this pattern is reversed in treatment communities, where boys surrounded by (empowered) sisters are more competitive
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Buehren, Niklas Womens Empowerment, Sibling Rivalry, and Competitiveness : Evidence from a Lab Experiment and a Randomized Control Trial in Uganda Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2016
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7699
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    The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services : Evidence from Ethiopia (2017)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV048269930
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (28 p)
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    Content: This paper evaluates the effect of the Rural Capacity Building Project, which aimed at promoting growth by strengthening the agricultural service systems in Ethiopia and by making them more responsive to smallholders' needs. The project intended to increase the outreach of agricultural extension services to help farmers become aware of and adopt economically viable and environmentally sustainable technologies and practices. The paper examines the impact of the Rural Capacity Building Project using panel data on 1,485 geographically dispersed households in project and control kebeles. The results show that the strengthening of extension services had a positive impact on economic participation in the household, land area cultivated, and adoption of marketable crops, suggesting that access to extension helped farmers switch to more commercial, market-oriented agriculture. In addition, and contrary to previous evidence from other countries, female-headed households seem to have benefited equally from the project. However, the project was not able to reduce the preexisting gender gap in agricultural outcomes
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Buehren, Niklas The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services: Evidence from Ethiopia Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2017
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8169
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    The Limits of Commitment : Who Benefits From Illiquid Savings Products? (2018)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV048274142
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (40 Seiten)
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    Content: Working with a private bank in Ghana, this study examines the impacts of a commitment savings product designed to help clients taking repeated overdrafts break their debt cycles. Overall, the product significantly increased savings with the bank without increasing overdrafts. However, after accounting for other sources of savings, the study finds that clients with above-median baseline overdraft histories do not accrue new savings during the commitment period. Rather, they draw down other savings to offset the committed amount and take on new debt. In contrast, individuals with below-median overdraft histories significantly increase savings during and after the commitment period
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Buehren, Niklas The Limits of Commitment: Who Benefits From Illiquid Savings Products? Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2018
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8633
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    Better loans or better borrowers? : impact of meso-credit on female-owned enterprises in Ethiopia (2018)
    Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, Africa Region, Gender Global Theme, Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
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    gbv_1031650733
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 27 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 8511
    Content: This paper explores the impact of large, individual-liability loans on the growth of women-owned microenterprises in Ethiopia. Traditionally, microfinance institutions in Ethiopia have primarily catered to female enterprises with group lending schemes that provide very small loans. The limitations of this model are two-fold: in addition to these micro-loans being too small in size to fuel meaningful business growth, many of the female enterprises that are targeted with these loans face binding constraints, such as concentration in lower-growth sectors, lack of alternative job opportunities, limitations on time and mobility, and restrictive gender norms. The paper investigates the impact of credit to female entrepreneurs in a novel context, by examining larger loans, provided to growth-oriented women entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs fall in the "missing middle" or "meso-finance" segment of the financial market because their credit needs are too large for microfinance, but not large enough for commercial banks. The paper uses a propensity score matching methodology to examine the impact of loans offered to women as part of the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project, a program funded by the World Bank International Development Association, that targets growth-oriented women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. The results suggest that large, individual-liability loans can make a significant difference in accelerating growth in the business incomes and employment levels of women-owned enterprises
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Alibhai, Salman Better Loans or Better Borrowers? Impact of Meso-Credit on Female-Owned Enterprises in Ethiopia Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2018
    Language: English
    Keywords: Graue Literatur
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8511
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    The economic lives of young women in the time of Ebola : lessons from an empowerment program (2019)
    Washington, DC, USA : World Bank Group, Africa Region, Office of the Chief Economist
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    gbv_1666263400
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 80 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 8760
    Content: This paper evaluates an intervention to raise young women's economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple economic disadvantages. The intervention provides them with a protective space (a club) where they can find support, receive information on health and reproductive issues, and vocational training. Unexpectedly, the post-baseline period coincided with the 2014 Ebola outbreak. The analysis leverages quasi-random across-village variation in the severity of Ebola-related disruption, and random assignment of villages to the intervention to document the impact of the Ebola outbreak on the economic lives of 4,700 women tracked over the crisis, and any ameliorating role played by the intervention. In highly disrupted control villages, the crisis leads younger girls to spend significantly more time with men, out-of-wedlock pregnancies rise, and as a result, they experience a persistent 16 percentage points drop in school enrolment post-crisis. These adverse effects are almost entirely reversed in treated villages because the intervention enables young girls to allocate time away from men, preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies and enabling them to re-enrol in school post-crisis. In treated villages, the unavailability of young women leads some older girls to use transactional sex as a coping strategy. The intervention causes them to increase contraceptive use so this does not translate into higher fertility. The analysis pinpoints the mechanisms through which the severity of the aggregate shock impacts the economic lives of young women and shows how interventions in times of crisis can interlink outcomes across younger and older cohorts
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bandiera, Oriana The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2019
    Language: English
    Keywords: Graue Literatur
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8760
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    Author information: Rasul, Imran
    Author information: Bandiera, Oriana
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    Full esteem ahead? : mindset-oriented business training in Ethiopia (2019)
    Washington, DC, USA : World Bank Group, Africa Region, Africa Gender Innovation Lab & Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
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    gbv_1671671724
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 45 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 8892
    Content: Is there a mindset gap holding women back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a set of attitudes, behaviors, and strategies that are thought to underpin success in business such as motivation, perseverance, and self-confidence? This study conducted two randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effect of mindset-oriented business trainings on the performance of women-owned micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia. The trainings were underpinned by psychology with a mission to foster self-esteem and entrepreneurial spirit. Despite a similar approach, however, the quality of delivery seemed to matter as impacts of the trainings on business performance were mixed. A key channel for an impact on profits is if the training can actually effectuate the mindset change, with only one training transferring higher levels of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, personal initiative, and entrepreneurial locus of control to the women, relative to a control group. The study finds suggestive evidence that psychological skills and mindset are better inspired by a trainer who previously owned a business themselves and therefore may have a better understanding of the entrepreneurs' specific challenges. The study concludes that psychological skills are important for women's business success, and these skills can indeed be transferred using training, assuming a shared identity match between trainer and student. Service delivery appears to be critical for inculcating these important skills
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Alibhai, Salman Full Esteem Ahead: Mindset-Oriented Business Training in Ethiopia Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2019
    Language: English
    Keywords: Graue Literatur
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8892
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    Author information: Frese, Michael 1949-
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    Short-run welfare impacts of factory jobs : experimental evidence from Ethiopia (2020)
    [Washington, DC, USA] : World Bank Group, Africa Region, Gender Innovation Lab
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    gbv_1735962015
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 39 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 9325
    Content: Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa face a rapidly growing population and labor force in demand of good jobs. Ethiopia has reacted to this challenge by prioritizing large-scale industrial development through the construction of industrial parks to drive exports, job creation, and growth. However, the African experience with industrial parks so far has been mixed. To provide further evidence on the welfare effects of factory jobs in Ethiopia, this study conducted an experiment that facilitated the job application and onboarding process for young female job seekers at three factories. Using panel data from 827 applicants, the study finds that the extra support increased the likelihood of being employed in the treatment group in the short run, largely driven by wage and factory work. Further, the intervention raised reported monthly income by nearly 30 percent in the treatment group. However, the study also finds an adverse impact on health outcomes as well as downward adjustments of applicants' expectations and perceptions of the earnings potential and desirability of factory work in response to the treatment
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Abebe, Girum Short-Run Welfare Impacts of Factory Jobs: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2020
    Language: English
    Keywords: Graue Literatur
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-9325
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    The effects of land title registration on tenure security, investment and the allocation of productive resources : evidence from Ghana (2020)
    [Washington, DC, USA] : World Bank Group, Africa Region, Gender Innovation Lab
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    gbv_1735913847
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 9376
    Content: Smallholder farmers' investment decisions and the efficiency of resource allocation depend on the security of land tenure. This paper develops a simple model that captures essential institutional features of rural land markets in Ghana, including the dependence of future rights over land on current cultivation and land rental decisions. The model predictions guide the evaluation of a pilot land titling intervention that took place in an urbanizing area located in the Central Region of Ghana. The evaluation is based on a regression discontinuity design combined with three rounds of household survey data collected over a period of six years. The analysis finds strong markers for the program's success in registering land in the targeted program area. However, land registration does not translate into agricultural investments or increased credit taking. Instead, treated households decrease their amount of agricultural labor, accompanied by only a small reduction of agricultural production and no changes in productivity. In line with this result, households decrease their landholdings amid a surge in land valuations. The analysis uncovers important within-household differences in how women and men respond differentially to the program. There appears to be a general shift to nonfarm economic activities, and women's business profits increased considerably
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Agyei-Holmes, Andrew The Effects of Land Title Registration on Tenure Security, Investment and the Allocation of Productive Resources: Evidence from Ghana Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2020
    Language: English
    Keywords: Graue Literatur
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-9376
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    Author information: Osei, Robert Darko 1970-
    Author information: Osei-Akoto, Isaac
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    Rebel with a Cause : Effects of a Gender Norms Intervention for Adolescents in Somalia (2023)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    gbv_1865873071
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (66 pages)
    Content: Gender inequality and restrictive norms are often reinforced and internalized during adolescence, influencing pivotal life choices. This paper presents results from a randomly-assigned gender norms intervention for young adolescents in Somalia that led to greater support for gender equality in reported attitudes among both girls and boys. In a novel lab-in-the-field experiment designed to observe social group dynamics, treated adolescents were also found to be less likely to succumb to peer pressure to conform when stating their gender attitudes in public. Perceptions of gender norms appears to shift for boys, leading to a greater public expression of gender egalitarian ideals. Furthermore, the findings show improved adolescent mental health, increased caring behavior towards siblings of the opposite sex, and a higher likelihood of involvement in household chores by boys. A complementary gender norms intervention for parents had limited marginal impact on the attitudes and behaviors of adolescents. The results suggest that gender norms interventions can be effective in influencing the attitudes and public discourse around gender equality, even in early adolescence
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Brar, Rajdev Rebel with a Cause: Effects of a Gender Norms Intervention for Adolescents in Somalia Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2023
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-10567
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