Documents et rapports
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Orange is the New Green : Addressing Barriers to Adoption of a Biofortified Crop by Women Farmers in Uganda (anglais)
Smallholder farmers in low, and middle-income countries face several constraints to technology adoption. The authors test the relative efficacy of programs designed to relax major supply-side, demand-side...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 187546 Date du document: 1 décembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Buehren,Niklas,Chowdhury,Shyamal,Papineni,Sreelakshmi,Sulaiman,Munshi
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Orange is the New Green : Addressing Barriers to Adoption of a Biofortified Crop by Women Farmers in Uganda (anglais)
Smallholder farmers in low, and middle-income countries face several constraints to technology adoption. The authors test the relative efficacy of programs designed to relax major supply-side, demand-side...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 187546 Date du document: 1 décembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Buehren,Niklas,Chowdhury,Shyamal,Papineni,Sreelakshmi,Sulaiman,Munshi
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Rebel with a Cause : Effects of a Gender Norms Intervention for Adolescents in Somalia (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10567 Date du document: 13 septembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brar,Rajdev Kaur,Buehren,Niklas,Papineni,Sreelakshmi,Sulaiman,Munshi
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Incorporating Spousal Support into a Mindset-focused Business Training for Women in Ethiopia (anglais)
Psychology-based business trainings that develop a proactive entrepreneurial mindset have been shown to be more effective than traditional business training in supporting female entrepreneurs to grow their...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 184276 Date du document: 1 juillet 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hailemicheal,Adiam Hagos,Papineni,Sreelakshmi,Weis,Toni Johannes
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Evening the Credit Score : Can Psychometric Credit-Scoring Address Collateral Constraints for Women Entrepreneurs? (anglais)
Despite gender parity in access to microfinance, and many group-based microfinance schemes favoring women, women face more difficulty than men in getting loans of larger size, longer duration, individual...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 180868 Date du document: 1 mars 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Alibhai,Aly Salman,Cassidy,Rachel,Ebrahim,Menaal Fatima,Goldstein,Markus P.,Edey,Yemsrach Kinfe,Papineni,Sreelakshmi
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Evening the Credit Score ? Impact of Psychometric Loan Appraisal for Women Entrepreneurs (anglais)
Women’s lower rates of ownership of collateralizable assets are a constraint to accessing larger business loans. This paper tests the impact of using psychometric credit scoring as a substitute for collateral...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10230 Date du document: 14 novembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Alibhai,Aly Salman,Cassidy,Rachel,Goldstein,Markus P.,Papineni,Sreelakshmi
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Childcare, COVID-19 and Female Firm Exit : Impact of COVID-19 School Closure Policies on Global Gender Gaps in Business Outcomes (anglais)
This paper estimates the impact of a large negative childcare shock on gender gaps in entrepreneurship using the shock created by national COVID-19 school closure policies. The paper leverages a unique...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10012 Date du document: 20 avril 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Goldstein,Markus P.,Gonzalez Martinez,Paula Lorena,Papineni,Sreelakshmi,Wimpey,Joshua Seth
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Occupational Sex Segregation in Agriculture : Evidence on Gender Norms and Socio-Emotional Skills in Nigeria (anglais)
Occupational sex segregation is a key driver of the gender gap in earnings. Using data from 11,691 aspiring agribusiness entrepreneurs across five states in Nigeria, this paper explores the gender gap...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9695 Date du document: 10 juin 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Das,Smita,Delavallade,Clara Anne,Fashogbon,Ayodele Emmanuel,Ogunleye,Wale Olatunji,Papineni,Sreelakshmi
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Full Esteem Ahead ? Mindset-Oriented Business Training in Ethiopia (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8892 Date du document: 17 juin 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Alibhai,Salman,Buehren,Niklas,Frese,Michael Dr.,Goldstein,Markus P.,Papineni,Sreelakshmi,Wolf,Kathrin
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Better loans or better borrowers ? impact of meso-credit on female-owned enterprises in Ethiopia (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8511 Date du document: 10 juillet 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Alibhai,Aly Salman,Buehren,Niklas,Papineni,Sreelakshmi
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Crossovers : female entrepreneurs who enter male sectors -- evidence from Ethiopia (anglais)
Occupational sector selection is an important determinant of returns for female entrepreneurs. If sectors that are traditionally male owned could provide an opportunity to earn higher returns, then what...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8065 Date du document: 16 mai 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Alibhai,Salman,Buehren,Niklas,Papineni,Sreelakshmi,Pierotti,Rachael Susan
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Are cash transfers better chunky or smooth? : evidence from an impact evaluation of a cash transfer program in northern Nigeria (anglais)
Women receiving unconditional cash transfers in northern Nigeria worked more, particularly, in their own businesses, spent more on consumption, were more food secure, saved more, bought more animals and...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 119101 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bastian,Gautam Gustav,Goldstein,Markus P.,Papineni,Sreelakshmi
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Baseline report : feed the future Nigeria livelihoods project (anglais)
This report analyzes data for the feed the future Nigeria livelihoods project impact evaluation baseline survey. The baseline survey was completed before the start of the rainy season between May 2015...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 119680 Date du document: 1 novembre 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Papineni,Sreelakshmi,Bastian,Gautam Gustav,Osinibi,Olubunkola Olufunmilayo
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From learning to earning : an impact evaluation of the Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) entrepreneurship training (anglais)
Business and entrepreneurship training programs have become popular interventions intended to boost the profits of small businesses around the world. Despite their popularity, rigorous evidence on the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 108547 Date du document: 1 septembre 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Alibhai,Aly Salman,Buehren,Niklas,Papineni,Sreelakshmi