Women’s Economic Empowerment in Africa

Reducing the labor market gender gap is crucial for ensuring women’s economic empowerment. Despite recording one of the highest participation rate in the workforce, women in Sub-Saharan Africa still face many institutional, economic and cultural barriers that translate into lower access to paid, formal employment and lower returns. The review focuses on evidence from scientific evaluations using experimental or quasi-experimental methods, and which allow us to quantify the causal impact of tested interventions.

• This QDD is also available in Arabic and in Swahili