Effective Socio-emotional Skills to Gain Economic Empowerment (ESTEEM)

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SES Framework & Definitions

How Do SES Matter for Economic Empowerment?

Measuring SES

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SES Training

Research Outputs

Research Team

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Socio-emotional skills (SES) have gained attention as a promising way to improve economic empowerment in low-income countries. At The World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), we are working to unpack the black box of SES and examine whether some skills matter more for women and men’s economic empowerment, develop free SES measurement tools, and explore the relationship between SES and norms.
 



SES Framework & Definitions

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