Reference list of studies included in the evidence map

Aassve A, Arpino B. and Goisis A. 2012. Grandparenting and mothers' labour force participation: a comparative analysis using the generations and gender survey. Demographic Research, 27(3): 53-83.

Abate, G.T., Rashid, S., Borzaga, C. and Getnet, K., 2015. Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: Does institutional design matter? IFPRI Discussion Paper 01422. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2583852.

Abel, M., Cole, S., Crowley, L., Salas, C., Pauliac, CS., Postal, V. and Zia, B. 2012. Evaluating the effectiveness of a financial literacy program in South Africa. Policy Issue. Available at: https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/evaluating-effectiveness-financial-literacy-program-south-africa.

Abubakar H.A. 2015. Entrepreneurship development and financial literacy in Africa. World Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development, 11(4): 281-294.

Acero, C., Alvarado, M., Bravo, D., Contreras, D. and Ruiz-Tagle, J., 2011. Evaluation of the impact of the youth to the Bicentennial program for the cohort of participants in the year 2008. (Evaluación de impacto del programa jóvenes al Bicentenario para la cohorte de participantes en el Año 2008).

Acharya, R., Jejeebhoy, S.J., Kalyanwala, S. and Nathani, V., 2009. Broadening Girls' Horizons: Effects of Life Skills Education Programme in Rural Uttar Pradesh.

Acharya, S., Yoshino, E., Jimba, M. and Wakai, S., 2007. Empowering rural women through a community development approach in Nepal. Community Development Journal, 42(1): 34-46.

Adato, M. and Haddad, L., 2002. Targeting poverty through community-based public works programmes: Experience from South Africa. Journal of Development Studies, 38(3): 1-36.

Adeel, M., Yeh, A.G.O. and Zhang, F., 2016. Transportation disadvantage and activity participation in the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Transport Policy, 47: 1-12.

Aedo, C. and Nuñez, S., 2004. The impact of training policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The case of Programa Joven. IDB Working Paper No. 188. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1814739 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1814739.

Aedo, C. and Pizarro, M., 2004. Economic profitability of the youth labor-training program Chile Joven. INACAP and Mideplan. Santiago de Chile. Processed.

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Afridi, F., Mukhopadhyay, A. and Sahoo, S., 2012. Female labour force participation and child education in India: the effect of the national rural employment guarantee scheme. IZA Discussion Paper No. 6593. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2085180.

Agenor, P.R. and Canuto, O., 2015. Gender equality and economic growth in Brazil: a long-run analysis. Journal of Macroeconomics, 43: 155-172.

Ahmed, A.U., Quisumbing, A.R., Nasreen, M., Hoddinott, J.F. and Bryan, E., 2009. Comparing food and cash transfers to the ultra-poor in Bangladesh (No. 163). International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Ahsan, A. and Pagés, C., 2009. Are all labor regulations equal? Evidence from Indian manufacturing. Journal of Comparative Economics, 37(1): 62-75.

Aivazian, V.A., Mazumdar, D. and Santor, E., 2003. Financial Constraints and Investment: Assessing the Impact of a World Bank Loan Program on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Sri Lanka. Bank of Canada.

Aker, J.C. and Ksoll, C., 2016. Can mobile phones improve agricultural outcomes? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Niger. Food Policy, 60: 44-51.

Aker, J.C., Boumnijel, R., McClelland, A. and Tierney, N., 2011. Zap it to me: The short-term impacts of a mobile cash transfer program. Working Paper 268.

Akter, S. and Farrington, J., 2011. What determines poverty transition? An investigation of women livestock farmers in Bangladesh. Development in Practice, 21(2): 269-281.

Al Mamun, A., Muniady, R., Yukthamarani, P.P., Noor Raihani Binti, Z. and Mohamad, M.R., 2016. Micro-enterprise development initiatives and entrepreneurial competencies, innovativeness, and social capital in Malaysia. Development in Practice, 26(8): 1094-1110.

Alaniz, E., Gindling, T.H. and Terrell, K., 2011. The impact of minimum wages on wages, work and poverty in Nicaragua. Labour Economics, 18: S45-S59.

Alatas, V. and Cameron, L.A., 2003. The impact of minimum wages on employment in a low-income country: an evaluation using the difference-in-differences approach. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2985.

Alatas, V. and Cameron, L.A., 2008. The impact of minimum wages on employment in a low-income country: a quasi-natural experiment in Indonesia. ILR Review, 61(2): 201-223.

Alatas, V., Cahyadi, N., Ekasari, E., Harmoun, S., Hidayat, B., Janz, E., Jellema, J., Tuhiman, H. and Wai-Poi, M., 2011. Main findings from the impact evaluation of Indonesia’s pilot household conditional cash transfer program. World Bank.

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Alcid, A. 2014. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Akazi Kanoze Youth in Rural Rwanda. Report submitted to USAID. Waltham, MA: Education Development Center.

Ali, D.A., Collin, M., Deininger, K., Dercon, S., Sandefur, J. and Zeitlin, A., 2014. The price of empowerment: Experimental evidence on land titling in Tanzania. The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper Series: 6908.

Ali, D.A., Deininger, K. and Goldstein, M., 2014. Environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in Africa: pilot evidence from Rwanda. Journal of Development Economics, 110: 262-275.

Ali, D.A., Deininger, K., Dercon, S., Hunter, M., Sanderfur, J. and Zeitlin, A., 2012. Are Poor Slum-Dwellers Willing to Pay for Formal Land Title? Evidence from Dar es Salaam. Policy Research Working Paper, Washington, DC.

Ali, Z. and Ahmed, M., 2014. Public Sector Microfinance and Rural Wellbeing: Evidence from BRDB. Bangladesh Development Studies, 37(3): 27-49.

Almeida, R.K. and Galasso, E., 2010. Jump-starting self-employment? Evidence for welfare participants in Argentina. World Development, 38(5): 742-755.

Al-Shami, S.S.A., Razali, M.M., Majid, I., Rozelan, A. and Rashid, N., 2016. The effect of microfinance on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Malaysia. Asian Journal of Women's Studies, 22(3): 318-337.

Alzuá, M.L. and Brassiolo, P., 2006. The impact of training policies in Argentina: an evaluation of Proyecto Joven. Inter-American Development Bank. Working Paper: OVE/WP-15/06.

Alzúa, M.L., Cruces, G. and López, C., 2015. Youth training programs beyond employment. Documentos de Trabajo del CEDLAS.

Alzúa, M.L., Cruces, G. and Ripani, L., 2013. Welfare programs and labor supply in developing countries: experimental evidence from Latin America. Journal of Population Economics, 26(4): 1255-1284.

Amarante, V., Arim, R. and Dean, A., 2013. Unemployment insurance design and its effects: evidence for Uruguay. Desarrollo y Sociedad, (71): 7-42.

Amin, M., 2009. Labor regulation and employment in India's retail stores. Journal of Comparative Economics, 37(1): 47-61.

Analítica Consultores. (2006). Evaluation study of the Becate strategy (Estudio de evaluacion de la estrategia Bécate).

Anderson-Macdonald, S., Chandy, R. and Zia, B., 2014. The impact of marketing (versus finance) skills on firm performance: evidence from a randomized controlled trial in South Africa.

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Angelucci, M., Karlan, D. and Zinman, J., 2013. Win some lose some? Evidence from a randomized microcredit program placement experiment by Compartamos Banco (No. w19119). National Bureau of Economic Research.

Angelucci, M., Karlan, D. and Zinman, J., 2015. Microcredit impacts: Evidence from a randomized microcredit program placement experiment by Compartamos Banco. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(1): 151-182.

Anyanwu, J.C., 2014. Does Intra‐African Trade Reduce Youth Unemployment in Africa? African Development Review, 26(2): 286-309.

Araneda et al. (2006). Preliminary final report study: impact assessment program apprentices (Informe final preliminar estudio: evaluación de impacto programa aprendices)

Ardington, C., Case, A. and Hosegood, V., 2009. Labor supply responses to large social transfers: Longitudinal evidence from South Africa. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1(1): 22-48.

Asadullah, M.N. and Ara, J., 2016. Evaluating the long-run impact of an innovative anti-poverty programme: evidence using household panel data. Applied Economics, 48(2): 107-120.

Asfaw, S., Davis, B., Dewbre, J., Handa, S. and Winters, P., 2014. Cash transfer programme, productive activities and labour supply: evidence from a randomised experiment in Kenya. The Journal of Development Studies, 50(8): 1172-1196.

Asian Development Bank (ADB). 2012. Shallow tubewell irrigation in Nepal: impacts of the community groundwater irrigation sector project impact evaluation study December 2012. Manila: Asian Development Bank.

Asumugha, G.N., Kormawa, P.M. and de Haan, N.C., 2009, August. Gender impacts of small farmers’ commercialization of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) ENTERPRISE IN NIGERIA. In 111th Seminar, June 26-27, 2009, Canterbury, UK (No. 53077). European Association of Agricultural Economists.

Aterido, R. and Hallward-Driemeier, M., 2011. Does expanding health insurance beyond formal-sector workers encourage informality? Measuring the impact of Mexico's Seguro Popular. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5785.

Atkin, D., Khandelwal, A.K. and Osman, A., 2014. Exporting and firm performance: Evidence from a randomized trial (No. w20690). National Bureau of Economic Research.

Attanasio, O. and Vera-Hernández, M., 2004. Medium-and long run effects of nutrition and child care: evaluation of a community nursery programme in rural Colombia. The Institute for Fiscal Studies EWP04/06.

Attanasio, O., Augsburg, B., De Haas, R., Fitzsimons, E. and Harmgart, H., 2013. Group lending or individual lending? Evidence from a randomized field experiment in

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rural Mongolia. Center Discussion Paper Series No. 2013-074. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2365432 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2365432

Attanasio, O., Augsburg, B., De Haas, R., Fitzsimons, E. and Harmgart, H., 2015. The impacts of microfinance: Evidence from joint-liability lending in Mongolia. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(1): 90-122.

Attanasio, O., Guarín, A., Medina, C. and Meghir, C., 2017. Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia: A Long-Term Follow-Up. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(2): 131-143.

Attanasio, O., Kugler, A. and Meghir, C., 2008. Training Disadvantaged Youth in Latin America: Evidence from a Randomised Trial. Education Working Paper, 8(01).

Attanasio, O., Kugler, A. and Meghir, C., 2011. Subsidizing vocational training for disadvantaged youth in Colombia: Evidence from a randomized trial. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(3): 188-220.

Augsburg, B., De Haas, R., Harmgart, H. and Meghir, C., 2012. Microfinance at the margin: experimental evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2021005 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2021005.

Austrian, K. and E. Muthengi. 2013. Safe and Smart Savings Products for Vulnerable Adolescent Girls in Kenya and Uganda. Evaluation Report. Nairobi: Population Council.

Awunyo-Vitor, D., Abankwah, V. and Kwansah, J.K.K., 2012. Women participation in microcredit and its impact on income: A study of small-scale businesses in the central region of Ghana. American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 2(3): 502.

Ayaliew AG. (2013). Comparative study on the microfinance performance of male owned against female owned small and micro enterprises in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia. International Journal of Research in Commerce and Management, 4(6): 119-121.

Ayhan, S.H., 2013. Do non-wage cost rigidities slow down employment? Evidence from Turkey. IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2(1): 1-23.

Bacarreza, G.J.C. and Vasquez-Ruiz, H., 2013. Labour Supply Effects of Conditional Transfers: Analyzing the Dominican Republic's Solidarity Program. Documentos de trabajo Economía y Finanzas No 13-8. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2393201 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2393201

Baird, S., Chirwa, E., De Hoop, J. and Ozler, B., 2014. Girl power: cash transfers and adolescent welfare. Evidence from cluster-randomized experiment in Malawi, in ‘African Successes: Health and Gender’.

Balkan, B., Baskaya, Y.S.S. and Tumen, S., 2014. Evaluating the impact of the post-2008 employment subsidy program in Turkey. IZA Discussion Paper No. 9993. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2800490

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Bandiera, O., Buehren, N., Burgess, R., Goldstein, M., Gulesci, S., Rasul, I. and Sulaiman, M., 2012. Empowering adolescent girls: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Uganda. Washington, DC: World Bank.

Bandiera, O., Burgess, R., Das, N., Gulesci, S., Rasul, I. and Sulaiman, M., 2013. Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor? IZA Discussion Paper No. 7386. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2266813.

Bandiera, O., Burgess, R., Das, N.C., Gulesci, S., Rasul, I., Shams, R. and Sulaiman, M. 2011. Asset transfer programme for the ultra-poor: a randomized control trial evaluation. CFPR Working Paper No. 22.

Bandiera, O., Burgess, R., Goldstein, M., Buehren, N., Gulesci, S., Rasul, I. and Sulaiman, M., 2014. Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, EOPP 50. The London School of Economics and Political Science, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Bandiera, O., Burgess, R., Gulesci, S., Rasul, I. and Sulaiman, M., 2013. Capital, skills and the economic lives of the poor: recent evidence from field experiments. A Roadmap for Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment. Available at: www. womeneconroadmap.org.

Bandiera, O., Fischer, G., Prat, A. and Ytsma, E., 2016. Do women respond less to performance pay? Building evidence from multiple experiments. CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11724. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2893078.

Banerjee, A., Duflo, E., Glennerster, R. and Kinnan, C., 2015. The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(1): 22-53.

Banerjee, A., Duflo, E., Glennerster, R. and Kinnan, C., 2015. The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(1): 22-53.

Banerjee, A., Duflo, E., Glennerster, R. and Kinnan, C.G., 2009. Measuring the impact of microfinance in Hyderabad, India. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).

Banerjee, A., Karlan, D. and Zinman, J., 2015. Six randomized evaluations of microcredit: Introduction and further steps. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(1): 1-21.

Banerjee, A.V., Hanna, R., Kreindler, G. and Olken, B.A., 2015. Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs Worldwide. HKS Working Paper No. 076. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2703447 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2703447.

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Barría, C.V. and Klasen, S., 2016. The impact of SENAI's vocational training program on employment, wages, and mobility in Brazil: Lessons for Sub Saharan Africa? The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 62: 74-96.

Barrientos, A. and Villa, J.M., 2015. Antipoverty Transfers and Labour Market Outcomes: Regression Discontinuity Design Findings. The Journal of Development Studies, 51(9): 1224-1240.

Barsoum, G., Crépon, B., Gardiner, D., Michel, B., Moaz, M. and Parienté, W. 2016. Evaluating the Effects of Entrepreneurship Edutainment in Egypt. Available at: http://erf.org.eg/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Lbr_ERF23AC_BrunoGhadaBastien.pdf.

Bass, J., Murray, S., Cole, G., Bolton, P., Poulton, C., Robinette, K., Seban, J., Falb, K. and Annan, J., 2016. Economic, social and mental health impacts of an economic intervention for female sexual violence survivors in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Global Mental Health, 3: e19.

Bastagli, F., Hagen-Zanker, J., Harman, L., Barca, V., Sturge, G., Schmidt, T. and Pellerano, L., 2016. Cash transfers: what does the evidence say? A rigorous review of programme impact and the role of design and implementation features. London: Overseas Development Institute (www. odi. org/projects/2797-social-protection-literature-review-poverty-impact).

Batchuluun, A., Batbekh, S., Dalkhjav, B., Sanjmyatav, A., Baldandorj T. 2016. The impact of vocational training programs on youth unemployment in Mongolia. Research proposal presented to Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).

Bauchet, J., Morduch, J. and Ravi, S., 2015. Failure vs. displacement: Why an innovative anti-poverty program showed no net impact in South India. Journal of Development Economics, 116: 1-16.

Beaman, L., Duflo, E., Pande, R. and Topalova, P., 2012. Female leadership raises aspirations and educational attainment for girls: A policy experiment in India. Science, 335(6068): 582-586.

Beaman, L., Karlan, D., Thuysbaert, B. and Udry, C., 2013. Profitability of fertilizer: Experimental evidence from female rice farmers in Mali. The American Economic Review, 103(3): 381-386.

Beaman, L., Keleher, N. and Magruder, J. 2014. The impacts of psychosocial support and cash for work on vulnerable youth in Liberia. Policy issue. Available at: http://www.poverty-action.org/printpdf/7371.

Beaman, L., Keleher, N. and Magruder, J., 2013. Do job networks disadvantage women? Evidence from a recruitment experiment in Malawi. Unpublished. http://faculty. wcas. northwestern. edu/~ lab823/BKM_recruitment_Oct2013. pdf.

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Beath, A., Christia, F. and Enikolopov, R., 2013. Empowering women through development aid: Evidence from a field experiment in Afghanistan. American Political Science Review, 107(03): 540-557.

Behrman, J.R., Parker, S.W. and Todd, P.E., 2011. Do conditional cash transfers for schooling generate lasting benefits? A five-year follow-up of PROGRESA/Oportunidades. Journal of Human Resources, 46(1): 93-122.

Belwal, R., Tamiru, M. and Singh, G., 2012. Microfinance and sustained economic improvement: Women small‐scale entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. Journal of International Development, 24: S84-S99.

Benavente, J.M., Crespi, G. and Maffioli, A., 2007. Public support to firm-level innovation: an evaluation of the FONTEC program. Documento de Trabajo, (05/07).

Benhassine, N., Devoto, F., Duflo, E., Dupas, P. and Pouliquen, V., 2015. Turning a shove into a nudge? A “labeled cash transfer” for education. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 7(3): 86-125.

Benhassine, N., Mckenzie, D.J., Pouliquen, V. and Santini, M., 2016. Can enhancing the benefits of formalization induce informal firms to become formal? Experimental evidence from Benin. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7900. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2878252.

Benus, J., Rude, J. and Patrabansh, S., 2001. Impact of the Emergency Demobilization and Reintegration Project in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Abt Associates.

BenYishay, A., Jones, M., Kondylis, F. and Mobarak, A.M., 2016. Are gender differences in performance innate or socially mediated? World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7689. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811336.

Berg, E., Bhattacharyya, S., Rajasekhar, D. and Manjula, R., 2014. Can public employment schemes increase equilibrium wages? Evidence from a natural experiment in India. Working Paper No. 14/317.

Berge, L.I.O., Bjorvatn, K. and Tungodden, B., 2014. Human and financial capital for microenterprise development: Evidence from a field and lab experiment. Management Science, 61(4): 707-722.

Berge, L.I.O., Bjorvatn, K., Juniwaty, K.S. and Tungodden, B., 2012. Business training in Tanzania: From research-driven experiment to local implementation. Journal of African economies, 21(5): 808-827.

Berlinski, S. and Galiani, S., 2007. The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment. Labour Economics, 14(3): 665-680.

Berlinski, S., Galiani, S. and Mc Ewan, P.J., 2011. Preschool and maternal labor market outcomes: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 59(2): 313-344.

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Besley, T. and Burgess, R., 2004. Can labor regulation hinder economic performance? Evidence from India. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(1): 91-134.

Bezabih, M., Holden, S. and Mannberg, A., 2016. The Role of Land Certification in Reducing Gaps in Productivity between Male-and Female-Owned Farms in Rural Ethiopia. The Journal of Development Studies, 52(3): 360-376.

Bhattacharya, J. and Banerjee, S., 2014. Group Participation and Women Empowerment: Matching as an Evaluation Estimator-A District‐Level Study in West Bengal, India. Poverty & Public Policy, 6(2): 176-194.

Bidani, B., Goh, C.C. and O'Leary, C.J., 2002. Has training helped employ Xiagang in China? A tale from two cities. Report for the World Bank's Poverty Reduction and Economic Unit East Asia and Pacific Region.

Bjorvatn, K., Cappelen, A.W., Sekei, L.H., Sorensen, E. and Tungodden, B., 2015. Teaching through television: Experimental evidence on entrepreneurship education in Tanzania. NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 3/2015. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2594748 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2594748.

Blattman, C. and Annan, J., 2011. Reintegrating and Employing High Risk Youth in Liberia: Lessons from a randomized evaluation of a Landmine Action agricultural training program for ex-combatants. IPA, Yale University.

Blattman, C. and Ralston, L., 2015. Generating employment in poor and fragile states: evidence from labor market and entrepreneurship programs. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2622220 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2622220.

Blattman, C., Fiala, N. and Martinez, S., 2012. Employment generation in rural Africa: mid-term results from an experimental evaluation of the Youth Opportunities Program in Northern Uganda. DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1201. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2030866 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2030866.

Blattman, C., Fiala, N. and Martinez, S., 2013. Credit constraints, occupational choice, and the process of development: long run evidence from cash transfers in Uganda. SSRN Scholarly Paper.

Blattman, C., Fiala, N. and Martinez, S., 2014. Generating skilled self-employment in developing countries: Experimental evidence from Uganda. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(2): 697-752.

Blattman, C., Green, E., Annan, J., Jamison, J., Bureau, C.F.P., Aryemo, F., Carlson, N., Emeriau, M. and Segura, A., 2013. Building Women’s Economic and Social Empowerment through Enterprise: An Experimental Assessment of the Women’s Income Generating Support (WINGS) Program in Uganda. AVSI and Innovations for Poverty Action, New Haven, CT.

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Blattman, C., Green, E.P., Jamison, J. and Annan, J., 2014. ‘Employing and Empowering Marginalized Women: A Randomized Trial of Microenterprise Assistance. Working Paper.

Blattman, C., Green, E.P., Jamison, J., Lehmann, M.C. and Annan, J., 2016. The Returns to Microenterprise Support among the Ultra poor: A Field Experiment in Post-war Uganda. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(2): 35-64.

Bloom, N., Eifert, B., Mahajan, A., McKenzie, D. and Roberts, J., 2013. Does management matter? Evidence from India. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 128(1): 1-51.

Botha, M., Nieman, G. and van Vuuren, J., 2006. Enhancing female entrepreneurship by enabling access to skills. The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2(4): 479-493.

Botha, M., Nieman, G. and Van Vuuren, J., 2007. Measuring the effectiveness of the Women Entrepreneurship Programme on potential, start-up and established women entrepreneurs in South Africa. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 10(2): 163-183.

Brody, C., De Hoop, T., Vojtkova, M., Warnock, R., Dunbar, M., Murthy, P., Dworkin, S.L. and Brody, C., 2015. Economic Self-Help Group Programs for Improving Women’s. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19.

Brown, A.N. 1996. Estonian Wage Structure and Private Sector Differentials. International Journal of Sociology, 26: 53-75.

Brown, D., 2014. Skills Development Training Among Women Hospitality Industry Entrepreneurs in South Sudan. Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education, (1-2): 173-187.

Bruhn, M. and Love, I., 2009. The economic impact of banking the unbanked: evidence from Mexico. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1428628.

Bruhn, M. and Love, I., 2011. Gender differences in the impact of banking services: evidence from Mexico. Small Business Economics, 37(4): 493-512.

Bruhn, M. and Zia, B., 2013. Stimulating managerial capital in emerging markets: the impact of business training for young entrepreneurs. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 5(2): 232-266.

Bruhn, M., 2011. License to sell: the effect of business registration reform on entrepreneurial activity in Mexico. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 93(1): 382-386.

Bruhn, M., 2013. A tale of two species: Revisiting the effect of registration reform on informal business owners in Mexico. Journal of Development Economics, 103: 275-283.

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Bruhn, M., Karlan, D.S. and Schoar, A., 2013. The impact of consulting services on small and medium enterprises: Evidence from a randomized trial in Mexico. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6508. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2285974.

Buehren, N., Goldstein, M., Gulesci, S., Sulaiman, M. and Yam, V., 2015. Evaluation of Layering Microfinance on an Adolescent Development Program for Girls in Tanzania. Unpublished manuscript.

Buehren, N., Goldstein, M.P., Vasilaky, K.N., Leonard, K.L., Montalvao, J. and Vasilaky, K., 2016. Women's empowerment, sibling rivalry, and competitiveness: evidence from a lab experiment and a randomized control trial in Uganda. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7699. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2811346.

Bulte, E., Lensink, R. and Vu, N., 2016. Gender training and female empowerment: Experimental evidence from Vietnam. Economics Letters, 145, pp.117-119.

Burchfield, S., Hua, H., Baral, D. and Rocha, V., 2002. A Longitudinal Study of the Effect of Integrated Literacy and Basic Education Programs on Women's Participation in Social and Economic Development in Nepal. Research report. Available at:  http://www.worlded.org/asia/nepal/nepal_12_19_02.pdf.

Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and Innovations (BARAI). 2013. Final impact evaluation of the saving for Change program in Mali, 2009–2012. Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona, and Innovations for Poverty Action. Evaluation commissioned by Oxfam America and Freedom from Hunger.

Burger, R. and Jafta, R., 2010. Affirmative action in South Africa: an empirical assessment of the impact on labour market outcomes. CRISE (Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity) Working Paper, 76: 09-36.

Bustamante, N.R., Uribe, A.M.T. and Vargas, C.O., 2015. Maternity and Labor Markets: Impact of Legislation in Colombia (No. 88513). Inter-American Development Bank.

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