Kate Grantham is an international development researcher, educator, and consultant focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues.Gillian Dowie is a senior programme officer in the Sustainable Inclusive Economies programme at IDRC, currently based in Delhi, India. Arjan de Haan is a senior programme specialist with IDRC's Sustainable Inclusive Economies programme.

"With research syntheses on topics including labour markets, care, macroeconomic issues, and social norms, along with diverse case studies from many countries, Women’s Economic Empowerment: Insights from Africa and South Asia represents a vital new contribution to our understanding of the relationship between gender inequality and the dynamics of economies in low-resource settings." -- Ruth Levine, CEO, IDinsight, USA"This edited volume presents cutting-edge research on women’s economic empowerment from diverse settings in the Global South. Through an examination of the gendered continuities, disruptions, and contradictions in the social and economic status of women in developing countries, it demonstrates why structural gender inequalities may persist despite individualised advancement of some women and what can be done about it." -- Bipasha Baruah, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues, Western University, Canada"Does economic growth promote gender equality? Based on rigorous primary research in 50 countries in the developing world, the answers from this ambitious research program reflect the context-specificity of gender relations and the complex relationships among labour markets, social norms, and care work to identify options for programmes and policy." -- Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA

• Introduction: The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women Programme Part I: Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Economic Growth and Gender Equality 1. Gender Equality, Inclusive Growth, and Labour Markets Part II: Syntheses of Grow-Supported Research on Women’s Economic Empowerment 2. Stalled Progress 3. Macroeconomics and Gender 4. Developing Care 5. Gender, Social Norms, and Women’s Economic Empowerment Part III: Evidence from Grow-Supported Case Studies in Developing Country Contexts 6. A Mine of One’s Own? 7. Picturing Change Through Photovoice 8. Paid Work and Unpaid Care Work in India, Nepal, Tanzania, and Rwanda 9. Women’s Labour Force Participation in Sri Lanka’s North 10. The School-To-Work Transition for Young Females in Sub-Saharan Africa Conclusion: Programming and Policy Lessons and Future Research Priorities for Women’s Economic Empowerment

Kate Grantham is an international development researcher, educator, and consultant focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues.Gillian Dowie is a senior programme officer in the Sustainable Inclusive Economies programme at IDRC, currently based in Delhi, India. Arjan de Haan is a senior programme specialist with IDRC's Sustainable Inclusive Economies programme.

"With research syntheses on topics including labour markets, care, macroeconomic issues, and social norms, along with diverse case studies from many countries, Women’s Economic Empowerment: Insights from Africa and South Asia represents a vital new contribution to our understanding of the relationship between gender inequality and the dynamics of economies in low-resource settings." -- Ruth Levine, CEO, IDinsight, USA"This edited volume presents cutting-edge research on women’s economic empowerment from diverse settings in the Global South. Through an examination of the gendered continuities, disruptions, and contradictions in the social and economic status of women in developing countries, it demonstrates why structural gender inequalities may persist despite individualised advancement of some women and what can be done about it." -- Bipasha Baruah, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues, Western University, Canada"Does economic growth promote gender equality? Based on rigorous primary research in 50 countries in the developing world, the answers from this ambitious research program reflect the context-specificity of gender relations and the complex relationships among labour markets, social norms, and care work to identify options for programmes and policy." -- Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA

• Introduction: The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women Programme Part I: Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Economic Growth and Gender Equality 1. Gender Equality, Inclusive Growth, and Labour Markets Part II: Syntheses of Grow-Supported Research on Women’s Economic Empowerment 2. Stalled Progress 3. Macroeconomics and Gender 4. Developing Care 5. Gender, Social Norms, and Women’s Economic Empowerment Part III: Evidence from Grow-Supported Case Studies in Developing Country Contexts 6. A Mine of One’s Own? 7. Picturing Change Through Photovoice 8. Paid Work and Unpaid Care Work in India, Nepal, Tanzania, and Rwanda 9. Women’s Labour Force Participation in Sri Lanka’s North 10. The School-To-Work Transition for Young Females in Sub-Saharan Africa Conclusion: Programming and Policy Lessons and Future Research Priorities for Women’s Economic Empowerment