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The governance of service delivery for the poor and women: A study of rural water supply in Ethiopia
Mogues, Tewodaj; Cohen, Marc J.; Birner, Regina; Lemma, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
committees inclusive seems challenging. Although bringing water to the household is predominantly a task undertaken by women (and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132626
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Access to improved water source and satisfaction with services: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
Abebaw, Degnet; Tadesse, Fanaye; Mogues, Tewodaj - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
availability for everyday use. Using household survey data and employing univariate and bivariate probit models, this paper … availability of water. The study findings suggest that access to an improved water source significantly raised household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862345
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Access to and governance of rural services: Agricultural extension and drinking water supply in Ethiopia
Mogues, Tewodaj; Cohen, Marc J.; Birner, Regina; Lemma, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This study investigated access to agricultural extension and rural water supply and assessed strategies to improve the provision of these services by strengthening accountability. The study paid special attention to the gender dimension of service delivery. The research was conducted in eight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114812
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Impacts of prenatal and environmental factors on child growth: Evidence from Indonesia
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Higuchi, Katsuhiko; Suhaeti, Rita Nur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476193
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Information flow and acquisition of knowledge in water governance in the Upper East Region of Ghana:
Schiffer, Eva; McCarthy, Nancy; Birner, Regina; Waale, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"This paper provides an assessment of information flows and the acquisition of knowledge in water governance of the Upper East Region, Ghana. These flows are patchy, often parallel, disconnected or slow. In many cases a great deal of information is gathered but for a number of reasons not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038026
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The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply:
Kosec, Katrina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Can private-sector participation (PSP) in the urban piped water sector improve child health? The author uses child-level data from 39 African countries during 1986–2010 to show that introducing PSP decreases diarrhea among urban dwelling children under five years of age by 5.6 percentage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132720
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Is reliable water access the solution to undernutrition? A review of the potential of irrigation to solve nutrition and gender gaps in Africa South of the Sahara:
Domènech, Laia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
improve various determinants of undernutrition, such as the quantity and diversity of foods consumed within the household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272211
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Development and evaluation of a regional water poverty index for Benin:
Heidecke, Claudia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The paper discusses the application of the Water Poverty Index (WPI) as a monitoring tool for Benin's water sector … of the water sector for each community. The Water Poverty Index allows monitoring of a combination of aspects affecting … poverty levels. The paper concludes with a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the WPI and suggests improvements for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996703
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Ãndice Global del Hambre 2011: el Desafío del Hambre: Domar los picos y la Volatilidad Excesiva de los Precios de los Alimentos
von Grebmer, Klaus; Torero, Maximo; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
IEl Ãndice Global del Hambre (GHI) de este año muestra que el hambre global ha disminuido desde 1990 –pero no en forma dramática–y permanece en un nivel que se puede considerar como “serioâ€. Los puntajes del GHI varían ampliamente entre los diferentes países y regiones. Los...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145650
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Taxation policy and gender employment in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A comparative analysis of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia
Fofana, Ismaël; Corong, Erwin; Chatti, Rim; Bouazouni, Omar - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Empirical evidence suggests that women are more vulnerable to chronic poverty and gender inequality is likely to … condition the impacts of policies on the rest of the economy and consequently on poverty itself. While gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152377