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, increasing women's power would lead to a worsening of gender discrimination against girls. This is likely the result of deeply …
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As sex ratio imbalances have become a problem in an increasing number of countries, it is important to understand their consequences. With the defeat of the Kuomintang Party in China, more than one million soldiers and civilians, mainly young males, retreated to Taiwan in the late 1940s....
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This paper uses a longitudinal data set from rural Bangladesh to analyze the factors that affect men's and women's ability to participate in groups and to engage in relationships with powerful and influential people. Unlike studies from other countries that find group membership to be positively...
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Assets are an important means of coping with adverse events in developing countries but the role of gendered ownership is not yet fully understood. This paper investigates changes in assets owned by the household head, his spouse, or jointly by both of them in response to shocks in rural...
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We examine the role of gender in adoption and diffusion of orange sweet potato, a biofortified staple food crop being … agricultural intervention with nutrition objectives, intrahousehold gender dynamics regarding decisions about crop choice and child … exchange, suggesting again that gender dimensions of networks may be important to diffusion of the crop. We use data from an …
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Drawing on a household survey collected in eight woredas in seven Ethiopian regions in 2009, as well as on qualitative fieldwork in four of the eight woredas, this paper provides analysis of agricultural extension delivery in Ethiopia. While overall extension services are relatively accessible...
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literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance … better able to manage food insecurity and shocks. This suggests that gender differences in demand for financial products can …
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that should be taken into account in irrigation development to address nutrition and gender gaps with a focus on Africa …
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