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Empowering women to achieve food security:
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
CONTENTS: Brief 1. Overview / Agnes R. Quisumbing and Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick Brief 2. Land Rights / Eve Crowley Brief 3. Water Rights / Barbara Van Koppen Brief 4. Rights to Livestock / Beth A. Miller Brief 5. Technology / Thelma R. Paris, Hilary Sims Feldstein, and Guadalupe Duron Brief 6....
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021
We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study … how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We … we document influence borrowing and investments: uptake of the sanitation loan is higher among households where the wife …
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"Sanitation" in the top development journals : a review
Revilla, Ma. Laarni D.; Qu, Fangqi; Seetharam, … - 2021
focused on sanitation and related issues, which are the focus of this review. Results were mixed on the efficiency of … sanitation delivery since political factors and administrative characteristics vary across locations. Accountability and … the norms, traditions, and beliefs towards favorably supporting household sanitation decisions. Additionally, governments …
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Exploring the intersection of sanitation, hygiene, water, and health in pastoralist communities in Northern Tanzania
Barasa, Violet; Waldman, Linda - 2022
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Gender composition of children and sanitation behavior in India
Saraswat, Deepak - 2018
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Menstruation hygiene management and work attendance in a developing country
Krenz, Astrid; Strulik, Holger - 2019
Women in developing countries face challenges in terms of managing their menstrual hygiene. Oftentimes they do not possess the right means nor materials nor have access to the right facilities. Using a newly released dataset for Burkina Faso and propensity score matching, we provide for the...
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Multiple-use water service implementation in Nepal and India: experience and lessons for scale-up. [Report of the CGIAR Challenge Program-Multiple-Use Water Systems (CP-MUS) Projec...
Mikhael, M.; Yoder, R. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2008
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Bangladesh: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Poverty remains high at 43 percent of the population subsist on less than United States (U.S.) $1.25 per day (2010). Bangladesh achieved several millennium development goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty...
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Drivers and characteristics of wastewater agriculture in developing countries: results from a global assessment
Raschid-Sally, Liqa; Jayakody, Priyantha - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2008
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