Sustainable Economic Empowerment
Interventions and programs that claim to be economically empowering and welfare-improving for women are often implemented without taking the long-term impacts of their efforts into consideration. Research under this theme will: 1) critically evaluate the extent to which the impacts of programs can be sustained, even possibly over a time horizon beyond the length of the program (i.e. when the program has ended); 2) identify the degree to which such programs, and their impacts, can be scaled up; 3) investigate the unintended consequences and general equilibrium effects of these programs by exploring a range of economic and welfare outcomes beyond just those that were originally targeted.
Latest News & Publications
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Reducing Emissions and Air Pollution from Informal Brick Kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh
May 15, 2025In many low- and middle-income countries, it is commonly believed that weak state and regulatory capacities limit the ability to reduce pollution and mitigate climate... [ More ]
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Indigenous Languages and the Law: Exploring New Directions in Deportation History in Latin America – Q&A With Rachel Nolan
May 07, 2025By Samantha Igo Rachel Nolan, a Core Faculty Member of the Human Capital Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and an Assistant Professor... [ More ]
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Seminar Summary – The Inclusion Trap: Evidence from the Elite Civil Service
May 07, 2025By Naomi Frim-Abrams On April 9th, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted Shaheen Naseer, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford, as a... [ More ]