The World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) conducts impact evaluations of development interventions and leads policy research to generate evidence on how to close gender gaps in earnings, productivity...
A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Rwanda evaluated a 22-week couples’ training program aimed at reducing intimate partner violence (IPV) by shifting gender norms and promoting equitable relationships...
Digital business training offers flexibility and scalability, but translating these features into tangible benefits for women-led businesses is challenging. Completion rates were much higher for in-person...
The Entrepreneurial Mindset Development Program (EMDP) led to increased agency among students over their education, careers, own goals, basic financial literacy, and risk preferences. Students who participated...
Each Africa GIL impact evaluation aims to expand the evidence base on how best to close male-female gaps in earnings, productivity, assets, and agency across each of GIL’s six thematic areas: agriculture...
Each Africa GIL impact evaluation aims to expand the evidence base on how best to close male-female gaps in earnings, productivity, assets, and agency across each of GIL’s six thematic areas: agriculture...
In November 2018, only five percent of the 10 million plots in Mozambique had land use titles recorded on the national land registry. The lack of land tenure documentation has led to land conflicts within...
This document is the presentation related to Lesotho Digital Finance Workshop held January 29, 2025 in Maseru. The presentation detals the State of Women's Financial Inclusion in Lesotho.
This cluster-randomized trial in Côte d’Ivoire examined multi-sectoral approaches to improving adolescent girls’ empowerment (AGE). Safe spaces offering life skills and sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...
This cluster-randomized trial in Côte d’Ivoire examined multi-sectoral approaches to improving adolescent girls’ empowerment (AGE). Safe spaces offering life skills and sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...
The government of Mauritania and the World Bank collaborated to implement a Family Dialogue pilot that targets the recipients of Tekavoul, the national cash transfer program and combines a couple’s training...
In Conakry, Republic of Guinea, women business owners in male-dominated sectors earn significantly more than their counterparts in sectors with a higher concentration of female entrepreneurs. This trend...
Land is the major source of income for most African households, particularly those engaged in agriculture. In the region, property rights over land are largely governed by informal customary systems. These...
Women are often overrepresented among the poorest and the most vulnerable. Due to various factors limiting their opportunities, including care responsibilities and gender norms, many either remain outside...
In Africa, agriculture is vital for employment and food security. Despite women contributing 40 percent of agricultural labor, they face barriers leading to significant gender gaps in productivity. Closing...
Beginning in 2012, Ethiopia’s first ever women-entrepreneur focused line of credit was established through the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project (WEDP). WEDP provides finance and business training...
Le mariage des enfants est une pratique est particulièrement répandue au Niger, où le taux de scolarisation des filles au collège est faible et le décrochage scolaire est fréquent, avec de graves conséquences...
This case study presents lessons learned by the Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) and its partners from pilots of different models of low-cost childcare provision across four countries in Sub-Saharan...
Key findings: • Mangrove loss in Indonesia has been rapid and linked to market incentives, land tenure issues, regulations, and institutions. • Efforts to rehabilitate and protect mangroves have had mixed...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global problem and a widespread issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where nationally more than one third of women have reported experiencing physical or...