Documents et rapports

Steered Away from the Fields : Short-Term Impacts of Oxen on Agricultural Production and Intra-household Labor Supply (anglais)

Mechanization has the potential to boost agricultural production and reduce poverty in rural economies, but its impacts remain poorly understood. This paper randomizes the subsidized provision of a pair...

The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Adolescents’ School Attendance in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

As the COVID-19 pandemic led to a historic and widespread shutdown of schools across the world, including in Sub-Saharan Africa, there were general concerns that girls would be disproportionately affected...

Deux Têtes Valent Mieux Qu'une : Production Agricole et Investissement en Côte d'Ivoire (français)

Increasing agricultural productivity and investment is critical to reducing poverty, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture remains the dominant income-generating activity. One potential...

Which Socio-Emotional Skills Matter Most for Women’s Earnings? : New Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

Evidence on gender-specific returns to socio-emotional skills in developing economies is lacking. To inform the selection of socio-emotional skills in policy design, a new study mobilizing data from 17...

Gender Differences in Socio-Emotional Skills and Economic Outcomes : New Evidence from 17 African Countries (anglais)

Using data from 41,873 individuals across 17 African countries and 13 studies, this paper maps data from various self-reported scales to 10 socio-emotional skills and examine gender differences in these...

Improving Mental Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes of Women Survivors of Violence : Impact Evaluation of Narrative Exposure Therapy in Eastern DRC (anglais)

This report will: measure the causal impact of narrative exposure therapy (NET) on three sets of outcomes: (i) mental health outcomes: PTSD (HTQ-16) and depression and anxiety (HCL-25), (ii) economic empowerment...

Two Heads Are Better Than One : Agricultural Production and Investment in Côte d’Ivoire (anglais)

Low levels of agricultural productivity and investment hinder economic growth in developing countries. This paper presents results from a field experiment in Côte d'Ivoire, which randomized wives’ participation...

Addressing Gender-Based Occupational Segregation : Experimental Evidence from the Republic of Congo (anglais)

Gender-based occupational segregation - the fact that men and women are typically concentrated in different occupations and economic sectors - contributes to gender gaps in earnings. In an experiment in...

Addressing Gender-Based Occupational Segregation : Experimental Evidence from the Republic of Congo (français)

Gender-based occupational segregation - the fact that men and women are typically concentrated in different occupations and economic sectors - contributes to gender gaps in earnings. In an experiment in...

Addressing Gender-Based Segregation through Information : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in the Republic of Congo (anglais)

This paper describes a randomized experiment that used a sample of men and women who were eligible for a vocational training program in the Republic of Congo to test the effect of providing information...

Unpacking Socio-Emotional Skills for Women’s Economic Empowerment (anglais)

Socio-emotional skills (SES) have recently attracted attention from policymakers for their potential to yield high economic returns, especially in developing countries. The World Bank’s Africa Region Gender...

In It to Win It ? Self-Esteem and Income-Earning among Couples (anglais)

This paper investigates whether the relative self-esteem level of spouses can lead to within- household competition for inputs and affect economic gender inequality in the home. Using data on smallholder...

Reducing the Agricultural Gender Gap in Cote d'Ivoire : How has it Changed? (anglais)

Over the last decade, Cote d’Ivoire has witnessed a remarkable shrinking of its gender gap in agricultural productivity. When comparing similar households, the gender gap has been reduced by 32 percent.

L’Ecart Entre Hommes et Femmes dans le Secteur Agricole en Cote d’Ivoire : Quel Changement dans sa Taille et ses Determinants? (français)

L’écart de productivité agricole entre les ménages dirigés par des hommes et les ménages dirigés par des femmes en Côte d’Ivoire s’est considérablement réduit au cours de la dernière décennie. Lorsque...

Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote d'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition over the Past Decade (anglais)

This paper analyzes changes in agricultural productivity gender gaps in Côte d'Ivoire between 2008 and 2016 using decomposition methods. The analysis finds that the unconditional gender gap between male-...

Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi (anglais)

This paper documents novel evidence of positive assortative matching in African marriage markets along cognitive and socio-emotional skills, time and risk preferences, and education, using data from rural...

Rapport de l'enquête de référence de l'évaluation d'impact des subventions des plants à coût partagé du projet d'appui au secteur agricole en Côte d'Ivoire : Rapport de l'enquête de référence de l'évaluation d'impact des subventions des plants à coût partagé du projet d'appui au secteur agricole en Côte d'Ivoire (français)