Can role models and skills training increase women’s voice in asset selection? Experimental evidence from Odisha, India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeGender Equalityen_US
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategiesen_US
cg.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2INen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.subregionOdishaen_US
cg.creator.identifierKatrina Kosec: 0000-0002-5126-5215en_US
cg.creator.identifierJordan Kyle: 0000-0003-0551-8047en_US
cg.creator.identifierSudha Narayanan: 0000-0003-1048-2341en_US
cg.creator.identifierKalyani Raghunathan: 0000-0002-4705-4351en_US
cg.creator.identifierSoumyajit Ray: 0009-0004-9798-2350en_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Uniten_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Uniten_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Nutrition, Diets, and Health Uniten_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.number2315en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
dc.contributor.authorKosec, Katrinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKyle, Jordanen_US
dc.contributor.authorNarayanan, Sudhaen_US
dc.contributor.authorRaghunathan, Kalyanien_US
dc.contributor.authorRay, Soumyajiten_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-14T20:56:10Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-14T20:56:10Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/169023en_US
dc.titleCan role models and skills training increase women’s voice in asset selection? Experimental evidence from Odisha, Indiaen_US
dcterms.abstractWe explore the impacts of exposing women to female role models and providing skills training on outcomes related to women’s aspirations and engagement in demanding assets under India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)—the largest public works program in the world, which solicits citizen input on which assets to build and where. While the role model treatment exposes women to a video with stories of female role models from neighboring districts who successfully demanded assets, the skills training shows women how to identify individual and group needs for assets, frame their demands, and articulate them to public functionaries. In a randomized controlled trial spanning 94 villages and involving approximately 2,600 women, we find that exposure to role models alone has limited impacts, but when combined with skills training, there are strong positive impacts on women’s aspirations and engagement in demanding assets. This reveals that even a light-touch training can significantly benefit women’s voice and agency in village decision-making.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKosec, Katrina; Kyle, Jordan; Narayanan, Sudha; Raghunathan, Kalyani; and Ray, Soumyajit. 2024. Can role models and skills training increase women’s voice in asset selection? Experimental evidence from Odisha, India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2315. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169023en_US
dcterms.extent53 p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2024-12-31en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140692en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105579en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/134860en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.07.024en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://www.theindiaforum.in/public-policy/staking-claim-entitlements-under-mgnregaen_US
dcterms.subjectcivil societyen_US
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjecttrainingen_US
dcterms.subjectwomen's empowermenten_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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