The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid to Women's Equality Organisations in the MENA
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2016
Abstract
We use panel data (covering the period 2002-2010) from 13 MENA countries and control for several relevant variables, including secondary school enrolments, adult fertility rates, autocracy, and official development assistance targeting family planning and reproductive health. The results suggest that official development assistance to women' equality organisations and institutions is effective in increasing women's political empowerment. We find that autocracy exerts a negative influence on women's political empowerment while higher adolescent fertility rates are associated with smaller proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments. We comment on the policy implications of the main findings. © 2016 UNU-WIDER. Journal of International Development published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright
Publication Title
Journal of International Development
Volume
28
Issue
3
First Page
320
Last Page
341
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1002/jid.3214
ISSN
09541748
E-ISSN
10991328
Citation Information
Addison, Grown, C., Tarp, F., & Baliamoune-Lutz, M. (2016). The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid to Women’s Equality Organisations in the MENA. Journal of International Development, 28(3), 320–341. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3214