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Targeted transfers and empowerment of women
// VoxEU.org: CEPR Policy Research
Most conditional cash transfer programmes around the world target women as the recipients of transfers as a means of empowering them and promoting gender equality. However, the mechanisms at work are poorly understood and empowerment is not well defined or measured. This column discusses a new measure of female empowerment in the household within the context of a national cash transfer programme in Macedonia. Whereas conventional survey questions about power and decision-making don't reveal any empowerment effects of the programme, this new measure reveals a positive effect.
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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro
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