EAPGIL carries out impact evaluations (IEs) and research to generate evidence of what works in closing gender gaps in access to economic opportunities and assets, services, and voice and agency, and how closing these gaps can help achieve broader development outcomes. An integral part of EAPGIL's work is building capacity among WB project teams and its partners towards integrating a gender perspective into project design and using evidence to inform policy design and advocacy, contributing to the sustainability of activities.

EAPGIL's objectives are:
1) Generate evidence on how closing gender gaps can help achieve other development outcomes and on what works to close gender gaps
2) Promote uptake of effective gender policies and programs