Women’s empowerment and aggregate shocks: Evidence from an RCT in Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone

The condition of women in developing countries is characterized by low economic empowerment and limited agency over their body. This paper evaluates a policy intervention aimed at relaxing these constraints for adolescent girls in Sierra Leone. The empowerment and livelihood for adolescents (ELA) in...

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Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: International Growth Centre 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15861