Women's Economic Empowerment: Scope for Sida’s Engagement

This working paper was prepared by the Sida Gender EqualityTeam under the direction and responsibility of Annika Törnqvist.Developing the paper required a collective effort. We would like tothank Rekha Mehra, Gary Baker and the team at the InternationalCenter for Research on Women (ICRW) who provided a first draft.In addition, Maria Elena Ruiz Abril did an excellent job in weavingtogether many different ideas and Catharina Schmitz at Indevelop-IPM contributed substantially and proved to be a very importantdiscussion partner in crafting the essence of this paper. Sincerethanks to Anna Rahm and Sara Spånt and various other membersof staff at Sida for providing very insightful comments and feedback.