USAID Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality (W3) Dashboard: Interactive tool compiling country-specific data on women’s economic, social, and political inclusion

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USAID, 2018 – online tool

The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality (WE3) Dashboard provides a quick assessment of women’s inclusion in the economy, showcasing the extent to which women have attained economic, social, and political empowerment. This interactive tool provides USAID and the broader gender community with a starting point for essential discussions about women’s economic integration.

On this Dashboard, users can:

  • Explore a country’s performance on WEE.
  • View and download supporting documents (i.e. methodology and indicators).
  • Customize a comparison table with countries, regions, sub-region, and income groups.
  • Download the entire dataset used to populate the Dashboard and its metadata.

 

The Win-Win Case for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Growth: Review of the literature – GrOW (2017)

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GrOW Research Series, 2017 – 40 pages

This report explores the relationship between WEE and growth. On the one hand, it investigates if WEE contributes to growth. Does women’s more equal participation lead to increases in production, productivity and efficiency? On the other hand, it studies the evidence that, or of the extent to which, economic growth leads to enhanced WEE and gender equality. Under what conditions are there larger positive effects?

  • Section one reviews definitions of women’s empowerment, particularly economic, as they are used in research on links between empowerment and growth.
  • Second, it looks at the empowerment to growth linkage, with a short overview of the recent advocacy of the ‘win-win case’, and the evidence that lies behind this.
  • The third section reviews what is known about how economic growth and transformation contributes to gender equality.
  • The last section concludes and highlights policy areas that are important to galvanise the synergy between growth and gender equality.

Women’s Economic Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa – Recommendations for Business Action – BSR (2017)

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2017 BSR – 69 pages

This report seeks to mobilise greater private-sector action to advance WEE in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It highlights key challenges facing women in SSA and offers companies operating in the region recommendations on how to promote WEE through their actions and by enabling and influencing others. Additionally, this research includes three industry briefs providing specific insights and recommendations for companies in the apparel, mining, and mobile telecommunications sectors. While the main target group for this report is the private sector, it also includes information that is interesting for anyone that is involved in WEE programmes.

Investing in Women: New evidence for the business case – IFC (2017)

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IFC, 2017- 80 pages

The business rationale for gender-smart solutions is diverse and wide-reaching. Diversity can improve talent pipelines, strengthen market development, and build an enabling investment climate. By considering the full scope of the business case, companies can unlock opportunities for increased profit, growth, and innovation. This report supports the business case of investing in women by highlighting quantitative evidence and best-practice examples from IFC global clients and partners.

Main takeaways:

  • Companies with gender-diverse boards generate a higher return on equity than those without.
  • Companies with gender-diverse boards outperform those with no women in terms of share price performance during times of crisis or volatility.
  • High-performing companies are almost 50% more likely than low-performing companies to report that men and women have equal influence on strategy development.
  • Investors in companies with strong gender diversity strategies receive excess returns running at a compound annual growth rate of 3.5%.

Key Facts in Women’s Economic Empowerment – WOW (2019)

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2019, WOW – 20 pages

This query supports the ability to influence the investment community by selecting and analysing a set of ‘Key Facts’ that support the case for WEE. Several “facts” on the status of WEE and gender gaps – or on the business or development opportunities of addressing gender gaps – are frequently cited. However, there is often limited understanding of the strength or breadth of evidence that lies behind them. This is a challenge for evidence-based policymaking and where data that is not robust is used, it risks undermining rather than strengthening the case for WEE. The key questions that this query answers are:

  • What are the key facts and opportunities on WEE that would be of most interest to developing country investors and partners involved in entrepreneurship?
  • What is the strength/breadth of that evidence base for these facts and opportunities?

This query focuses on four thematic areas:

  • Creating better jobs and building skills for business performance and growth.
  • Financial inclusion and women’s entrepreneurship.
  • Expanding access to technology and infrastructure.
  • Addressing legal and property rights and workplace discrimination and social norms.

Green Finance

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2019, DCED – 6 pages

This Guidance Sheet sets out the case for incorporating gender-responsive approaches to green finance in donor programmes; provides examples of how diverse gender and green finance approaches have been integrated into existing donor-funded activity; makes recommendations for future programmes.

Green Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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2019, DCED – 6 pages

This Guidance Sheet sets out some rationales for gender-responsive green innovation and entrepreneurship programmes. It provides examples of how diverse gender and green growth approaches have been integrated into existing donor programmes and it presents lessons learned and recommendations for future programmes.

 

 

Green Jobs and Skills Development

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2019, DCED – 5 pages

This Guidance Sheet sets out the case for incorporating gender-responsive approaches to green jobs and skills development in donor programmes. It provides examples of how such approaches have been integrated into existing donor-funded activity, and it offers recommendations for future programmes.

Green Value Chains

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2019, DCED – 6 pages

This Guidance Sheet sets out the case for incorporating gender-responsive approaches to value chain programmes. It presents examples of how diverse gender approaches have been integrated into the existing donor-funded activity. Furthermore, it offers success factors and recommendations for future programmes.

 

Macro-Economic Policies and National Green Growth Strategies

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2019, DCED – 8 pages

This Guidance Sheet sets out arguments for considering gender-responsive approaches in donor programmes focused on macro-economic policies and national green growth strategies. It includes examples of how diverse approaches have been integrated into existing programmes and gives recommendations for future programming.