Lucia Hanmer|Jeni Klugman
Exploring Women's Agency and Empowerment in Developing Countries: Where do we stand?
World Bank Group|John F. Kennedy University|Harvard University
central notions around agency well established academic literature progress empirical front faced major challenges around developing tractable measures data availability limited understanding patterns agency empowerment women across countries measuring key dimensions womens agency empowerment complex feasible important paper systematically explores learned demographic health survey dhs data fiftyeight countries representing almost 80 percent female population developing countries first empirical investigation findings quantify important correlations completing secondary education beyond consistently large positive associations underlining importance going beyond primary schooling appear positive links poverty reduction economic growth clearly alone enough context specificity multidimensionality mean interpretation results always straightforward