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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.

Outcome	Indicator	Data source	Unit of observation	Use
Urban women entrepreneurs and business leaders
Business income	Woman's business profits	Survey	Individual	M&E, impact
	Woman's business revenue (sales)	Survey	Individual	M&E, impact
Employment	Number of employees in the woman's business	Survey	Individual	M&E, impact
	Average monthly hours worked for pay by woman	Survey	Individual	M&E, impact
	Average monthly income earned per hour worked for pay by woman	Survey	Individual	M&E, impact
Rural women entrepreneurs and farmers
Household income	Total household consumption per capita	Survey	Household	Impact
	Household consumption per capita of selected items	Survey	Household	M&E
	Household asset index	Survey	Household	Impact
	Household savings	Survey	Household	Impact
Both urban and rural women
Individual assets	Net value of woman's financial assets	Survey	Individual	Impact
	Value of woman's bank and financial accounts	Survey	Individual	M&E
	Value of woman's physical assets	Survey	Individual	Impact
	Value of woman's motor vehicle	Survey	Individual	M&E
	Value of woman's mobile phone	Survey	Individual	M&E
Satisfaction with life	Woman's overall satisfaction with life	Survey	Individual	M&E, impact
	Woman's stress level	Survey	Individual	Impact
Gender roles and norms	Woman's roles in household decisionmaking	Survey	Household	Impact
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
Self-esteem	Woman's self-esteem	Survey	Individual	Impact

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