Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/189975 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/130
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
In this paper we analyse the impact of foreign aid on gender outcomes and attitudes. We do this by matching geocoded household surveys with aid projects. This offers a middle way between project evaluations and aggregated cross-country comparisons, measuring an average community effect around projects. We find increased opportunities for women to work outside the household, which could strengthen their bargaining power. However, we find mixed results in terms of the impact on women's control over other key areas of their lives. We argue this is related to differences in what is required for change to happen at the community level.
Subjects: 
foreign aid
gender
development
geocoded data
matching
impact analysis
JEL: 
P45
O12
O19
J16
C55
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-356-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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