Graduation model interventions seek to address multiple barriers constraining households'
exit from poverty, however, few explicitly target restrictive gender norms. Using a …

Graduation model interventions seek to address multiple barriers constraining households'
exit from poverty, however, few explicitly target unequal gender norms. Using a randomized …

Can increasing women's use of digital financial services raise their empowerment? We test
this hypothesis using a randomized control trial with 152 female microfinance groups in …

Using original survey data from three states in rural, southwestern Nigeria, this study
examines the relationship between conflict intensity at various distances and the …

Can increasing women's use of digital financial services raise their empowerment? We test
this hypothesis using a randomized control trial with 152 female microfinance groups in …

We study the impacts of a multifaceted program implemented in Burkina Faso that targets
ultra-poor households with young children or pregnant women. The experimental design …

Can skills-based programs promote women's economic inclusion? We randomize access to
a program teaching hard and soft skills for entrepreneurship in rural Uganda. Treated …

Gender norms shape women's access to employment opportunities and their experiences in
the workplace, with potential implications for firm productivity. We conduct a randomized …

Among the many ongoing efforts to alleviate poverty, one view is that multiple barriers trap
households in poverty and a 'big push'is needed to facilitate their exit from these poverty …

• More intensive interventions are not necessarily more successful than light-touch ones,
especially when they are tailored to the context. Examples of effective light-touch …