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South Asia Gender Innovation Lab

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Who Are We?

South Asia Gender Innovation Lab is a solutions platform for gender equality. We produce evidence on solutions (i.e., what works) to address gender inequality, primarily through targeted impact evaluations on women’s economic empowerment and voice and agency.

Featured Scholar Series

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Featured Scholar Series

Clara Delavallade and Rebecca Thornton discuss a multifaceted educational program pursuing three objectives: improving access to schooling, reducing gender gaps in schooling, and improving learning quality.
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Featured Scholars Series

Sarah Baird and Shwetlena Sabarwal share key findings from field and virtual surveys that focused on the impacts of COVID-109 on adolescents’ well-being in Bangladesh.
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Featured Scholars Series

Rohini Pande addresses evidence needs to advance women's economic empowerment in India.
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Featured Scholars Series

Soumya Kapoor Mehta discusses what evidence needs and intervention approaches should be prioritized to promote women's economic empowerment in India.
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Featured Scholars Series

Jayati Ghosh addresses gender gaps in the labor market and ways India can promote employment for women.
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Impact Evaluation of Targeting the Ultra Poor Program in Afghanistan

Featured Scholars Series

Impact Evaluation of Targeting the Ultra Poor Program in Afghanistan
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Featured Scholars Series

We are starting “Talking Innovations: Featured Scholars Series” to learn from evidence for effective solutions in South Asia. Caren Grown and Hans Timmer kickstarted the discussion on Sept 19. Photo credit: World Bank
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Featured Scholar Series

World Bank Specialists discuss how the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab can contribute impactful research to shape policies and programs in pursuit of gender equality in the region.
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WEESA (Women's Economic Empowerment in South Asia)

WEESA is a knowledge community designed with the goal of strengthening the linkages between evidence and action by curating evidence on “what works,” amplifying local voices and knowledge, and enhancing local capacity on women’s economic empowerment in the region.
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Contact Us

Isis Gaddis
Program Lead
igaddis@worldbank.org