MAGNET researchers Cheryl Doss, Heather Moylan and Aletheia Donald presented a set of validated survey tools for measuring women's agency to the UN Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Household Surveys (ISWGHS), convened under the UN Statistics Division, on 19 May 2026. Household surveys typically capture women's agency through sex-disaggregated statistics or a narrow set of decision-making […]
Measuring agency in lower-income settings: evidence from 38,000 respondents
New blog from the World Bank MAGNET team: "Psychological constructs related to agency—goal-setting capacity, self-efficacy, locus of control—are linked to economic outcomes and well-being across a growing body of evidence. But the tools we use to measure them were developed and validated in Western, high-income contexts. Using them as-is in lower-income settings risks measuring the […]
Measuring What Matters: New Survey Tools on Asset Ownership, Control, and Benefits
Researchers from the World Bank, IFPRI, and partner institutions convened for a MAGNET webinar to present new survey tools designed to improve how asset ownership, control, and benefits are measured in household surveys. The webinar showcased five new tools developed under the MAGNET initiative and highlighted how they can strengthen evidence on women’s economic agency. […]
MAGNET researchers present at South Asia Gender Innovation Lab and WEESA seminar
Three MAGNET researchers presented work on gender measurement at the virtual seminar "What Shapes Gendered Choices? Hidden Dynamics of Property Rights, Decision-Making, and Occupational Bias," co-hosted by the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab, the Africa Gender Innovation Lab, and the Women's Economic Empowerment in South Asia (WEESA) Community of Practice on January 28, 2026. Kate […]
MAGNET researchers present at World Bank conference on survey measurement innovations
Two MAGNET researchers presented work on gender measurement at the conference "Better Data for Better Jobs and Lives: Innovations in Survey Measurement in the Age of AI," held at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on December 8-9, 2025. Aletheia Donald (Senior Economist, Africa Gender Innovation Lab, World Bank) presented Whose Job Is it? Implicit […]
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