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 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 […]
MAGNET seminar showcases new scales to measure agency in lower-income settings
Maria Hernandez-de-Benito presented the paper virtual Measuring Agency Through Psychological Constructs in Lower-Income Settings on November 18, 2024. The seminar also featured the World Bank’s Africa Chief Economist Andrew Dabalen provided opening remarks, and the Africa Gender Innovation Lab’s Senior Economists Clara Delavallade and Aletheia Donald served as discussant and moderator. The seminar showcased the […]
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