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Impacts of global change on the Nile basin: Options for hydropolitical reform in Egypt and Ethiopia
Martens, Anja Kristina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
, meeting the challenges in the Nile Basin depends on cooperation among countries and regulation of competing interests and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862336
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Conflict, cooperation, and collective action: Land use, water rights, and water scarcity in Manupali watershed, Southern Philippines
Piñon, Caroline; Catacutan, Delia; Leimona, Beria; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
have instituted voluntary agreements for water rights sharing. Viewed in terms of cooperation and collective action, these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132840
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Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management:
Ratner, Blake D.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Hellin, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The food security crisis, international “land grabs,†and new markets for environmental services have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research has focused on diagnosing the links...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762166
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The wealth and gender distribution of rural services in Ethiopia: A public expenditure benefit Incidence Analysis
Mogues, Tewodaj; Petracco, Carly; Randriamamonjy, Josee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850556
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The Economic Consequences of Excess Men: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan:
Chang, Simon; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
ratio of males to females at marriageable age peaked at nearly 1.2 in the 1960s. Using data from multiple sources, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850574
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A literature review of the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change on women's and men's assets and well-being in developing countries:
Goh, Amelia H. X. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850592
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Beyond the bari: Gender, groups, and social relations in rural Bangladesh
Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850593
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The impact of shocks on gender-differentiated asset dynamics in Bangladesh:
Rakib, Muntaha; Matz, Julia Anna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886775
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Bargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda:
Gilligan, Daniel O.; Kumar, Neha; McNiven, Scott; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886776
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Agricultural extension in Ethiopia through a gender and governance lens:
Mogues, Tewodaj; Cohen, Marc J.; Birner, Regina; Lemma, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933115