women in Malawi. A rise in prime-age adult mortality increases risks associated with the search for a marriage partner in … mortality is for marriage to occur earlier to avoid women's exposure to HIV/AIDS risks under the condition that the risks are …"This paper examines the effect of AIDS-related mortality of the prime-age adult population on marriage behavior among …

sum, schooling increases the opportunity cost of marriage for women, which delays marriage and increases their mortality …"The institution of marriage plays some role in determining one's risk of exposure to HIV. Since the transmission of … women. Therefore, the choice of when and who to marry appears to be related to risk of exposure. The objective of this paper …

promoted as a strategy to increase dietary intakes of vitamin A among young children and adult women in Uganda. As an … and nonland assets controlled by women, affect adoption and diffusion decisions. …

whether benefits affect men and women equally. Using a randomized field experiment in Senegal and Burkina Faso, we compare … hypothesize that this difference results from the fact that although men and women are equally exposed to yield risk, women face … essence, the basis risk associated with agricultural insurance products is higher for women. Insurance was more effective than …

and development implementers could improve outcomes for women in future projects. …

directing improvements in women’s land access. Women are often excluded from traditional patrilineal inheritance systems …. Treatment women in smaller villages attend legal seminars and are more knowledgeable and positive regarding their legal access … between the impact of the intervention on men and on women is narrowed when taking into account the gender …

by these data, and uses these measures to assess the gaps in the land rights of women and men. Building on the conceptual … women fare better or worse in certain countries. In particular, the limited information on joint and individual ownership …