DATABASE OF EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS
Browse the 232 empirical evaluations that contributed to the findings in A Roadmap for Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment by region or topic, or view the full Excel database.
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RECOMMENDED INDICATORS FOR MEASURING WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Recommended Indicators for WEE Final Outcomes
Clicking on each indicator in the tables below will lead to the suggested questionnaire module, and a complete PDF with all questionnaires can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
Recommended Indicators for WEE Intermediate Outcomes
Outcome | Indicator | Data source | Unit of observation | Use |
Urban and rural women entrepreneurs | ||||
Business practices | Adoption of recommended business practices | Survey | Individual | M&E, impact |
Value of business training | Willingness to pay for general business training | Survey | Individual | Impact |
Willingness to pay for specialized technical business training | Survey | Individual | Impact | |
Gender roles and norms | Women's decisionmaking role in own business | Survey | Individual | M&E, impact |
Rural women farmers | ||||
Agricultural practices | Woman's adoption of recommended agricultural practices | Survey | Individual | M&E, impact |
Value of access to new/improved agricultural technology | Woman's willingness to pay for access to new or improved agricultural technology | Survey | Individual | Impact |
Gender roles and norms | Woman's decisionmaking role in her own or family farm | Survey | Individual | M&E, impact |
Both urban and rural women | ||||
Technology adoption and effective use | Woman's intensity of mobile phone use | Survey | Individual | M&E, impact |
Women's self-confidence | Woman's overall self-confidence | Survey | Individual | Impact |
Woman's willingness to assert herself | Survey | Individual | M&E, impact | |
Woman's willingness to take risk | Survey | Individual | Impact | |
Gender roles and norms | Sharing of housework between spouses/partners | Survey | Household | M&E, impact |
Participation in community, business or farmer groups | Woman's participation in all types of groups | Survey | Individual | M&E, impact |
Woman's participation in mainly women's groups | Survey | Individual | M&E, impact |