Skip Navigation



The World Bank Research Observer Advance Access published online on May 7, 2007
The World Bank Research Observer, doi:10.1093/wbro/lkm003
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
22/1/25    most recent
lkm003v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Morrison, A.
Right arrow Articles by Bott, S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Addressing Gender-Based Violence: A Critical Review of Interventions

Andrew Morrison

Andrew Morrison (corresponding author) is a lead economist in the Gender and Development Group at the World Bank; his email address is amorrison1{at}worldbank.org

Mary Ellsberg

Mary Ellsberg is senior advisor for Gender, Violence, and Human Rights at PATH; her email address is mellsberg{at}path-dc.org

Sarah Bott

Sarah Bott is an independent consultant; her email address is bott.fahey{at}adelphia.net

JEL codes: J16, K42, I18

This article highlights the progress in building a knowledge base on effective ways to increase access to justice for women who have experienced gender-based violence, offer quality services to survivors, and reduce levels of gender-based violence. While recognizing the limited number of high-quality studies on program effectiveness, this review of the literature highlights emerging good practices. Much progress has recently been made in measuring gender-based violence, most notably through a World Health Organization multicountry study and Demographic and Health Surveys. Even so, country coverage is still limited, and much of the information from other data sources cannot be meaningfully compared because of differences in how intimate partner violence is measured and reported. The dearth of high-quality evaluations means that policy recommendations in the short run must be based on emerging evidence in developing economies (process evaluations, qualitative evaluations and imperfectly designed impact evaluations) and on more rigorous impact evaluations from developed countries.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.