… New York Times on August 23, 2015.   Why Aren’t India’s Women Working? … August 23, 2015 | News Why Aren’t India’s … would like a job, with that number rising to close to half among the most educated women in rural India. Much of the reason they don’t work appears to …

… A key challenge in India is to recruit and train a large rural labor force for mostly urban jobs. Skill India promises … et al., 2017), it is not clear who these programs in fact benefit. Skill India’s focus on urban migration may …

… driven by a reduction in institutional barriers to women's and Black Americans' advancement in the labor market. … levels of gender equality, just 25% of entrepreneurs are women. And research finds that investors prefer pitches made by men to identical pitches made by women. This is important economically not only because talent …

… appeared in LiveMint on October 6, 2016. New Delhi:  The fact that women in India make up nearly half the population … by ‘personal problem’ and ‘pay too low’ (about 12% each). Among men, the most commonly cited reason was ‘pay too low’ …

… Health The first theme investigates how policies shape women's reproductive health and and infants’ health outcomes, … rights are not recognized or understood. In an RCT in rural Maharashtra, India, Vardani evaluated an awareness campaign that informed both spouses about women’s …

… they would like a job. That number rises to close to half among the most educated women in rural India. The answer isn't lack of apparent political … them employment close to home. But, until recently, the default was to pay wages into the bank account of the …

… Skill India can retain women in workforce By  Soledad Artiz-Prillaman , Rohini Pande … Survey posits that India not only has millions of missing women, but that it also has millions of “unwanted” women — 21 million to be precise. A popular policy solution …

… structural transformation, and the imperative of inclusive rural development. Gérardine Mukeshimana  is Vice-President … extensive knowledge of and networks in agricultural and rural development, including with other multilateral … He is a development economist whose research focuses on rural economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa. His current …

… For women workers in India, direct deposit is ‘digital empowerment’ By Mike Cummings July 1, 2021 Giving women in India’s Madhya Pradesh state greater digital control … labor force and liberalized their beliefs about working women, concluded a new study co-authored by Yale economists …

… that will expand the evidence base on pathways to promote women as agents in the digital economy and encourage … has spent years rigorously researching levers to promote women’s digital inclusion, evaluating programs focused on … device affordability and digital skills training and women-centered use cases . Inclusion Economics at Yale …

… authors establish the following stylized facts. Stylized Fact 1: A woman in the average country has three-quarters the … and one on a party-chosen theme. By comparing vote shares among neighborhoods exposed to those two campaigns to a …

… accuracy, but the information is often inaccessible to women and other vulnerable groups. In this article, Inclusion … transmission of water-borne diseases and disrupting rural residents’ mobility for months due to washed-out lanes. … in developing countries, flood-related mortality is higher among women than men. In another study examining the impact …

… Paper ] Fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa remain among the highest in the world, with a slower decline than in … conducted a randomized trial among 14,545 households in rural Burkina Faso to test the oft-cited hypothesis that … on gender inequality: EGC GENDER & GROWTH GAPS PROJECT IE GENDER PORTFOLIO … Towards Gender Equality Newsletter …

… laws that increasingly support women’s employment, and the fact that large numbers of men are migrating out of the … with time poverty.”  The situation may be similar in rural India. In an interview, Dr. Chhavi Rajawat, the elected …

… Rohini Pande quoted in The New York Times: "Women in India Face a Jobs Crisis. Are Factories the … | In the News Rohini Pande quoted in The New York Times: "Women in India Face a Jobs Crisis. Are Factories the … showing how a dearth of jobs has largely kept Indian women away from paid work, despite a high number of them …