Enhancing women’s agency: cross-cutting lessons from experimental and quasi-experimental studies in low- and middle-income countries

Abstract

Women’s agency—their ability to define and act on goals, make decisions that matter to them, and participate in the economy and public life—is limited in many contexts around the world. J-PAL’s Evidence Review, “Enhancing Women’s Agency: Cross-Cutting Lessons From Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Studies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries,” highlights key research findings on evidence that cuts across multiple domains of women’s agency and identifies research questions that remain to be answered.