Measuring the Effect of a Community-level Program on Women's Empowerment Outcomes : Evidence from India

This paper uses primary data from rural north India to show that participation in a community-level female empowerment program significantly increases access to employment, physical mobility, and political participation. The program provides suppor...

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Main Authors:	Kandpal, Eeshani, Baylis, Kathy, Arends-Kuenning, Mary
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADULT EDUCATION AGE AT MARRIAGE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ALCOHOLISM ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AUTONOMY AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION BIRTH CONTROL CASH CROP CENSUSES CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILD SURVIVAL RATES CHILD WELFARE CITIES COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNITY-LEVEL PROGRAMS CONTINUING EDUCATION CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICES CONTRACEPTIVE USE CONTRACEPTIVES DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRICTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOMINANCE DOWRY DROPOUT ECONOMIC INEQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FAMILIES FAMILY HOME FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY WELFARE FEASIBILITY FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE INFANTICIDE FEMALE LITERACY FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FEWER CHILDREN FIELDWORK FIGURES GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER INEQUALITY GIRLS HEALTH PROMOTION HOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTIONS INTERVIEWS INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN JOB OPPORTUNITIES KINSHIP KINSHIP STRUCTURE LABOR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LACK OF DEVELOPMENT LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN LAWS LEARNING LITERACY MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MIDWIVES MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOBILIZATION MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATURE OF WOMEN NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF WOMEN OLDER MEN OLDER WOMEN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION STUDIES POWER PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRESS RECONSTRUCTION RELIGION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RURAL WOMEN SCARCE RESOURCES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SELF-CONFIDENCE SELF-ESTEEM SEX SEX RATIO SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL STATUS SOCIETY SPECIAL EDUCATION SPILLOVER SPILLOVER EFFECT SPILLOVER EFFECTS SPOUSE TEACHING UNMARRIED WOMEN VILLAGE VILLAGES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17530730/measuring-effect-community-level-program-womens-empowerment-outcomes-evidence-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13203