,117 households and 73 agricultural cooperatives. Using descriptive statistics and econometric analysis under a critical gender lens …, the paper identifies which cooperative, household, and individual level characteristics influence women’s participation … in agricultural cooperatives. The findings suggest that a major barrier to women’s access are gender biases within …

investigate the processes by which social capital formation, participation in networks and groups, and trusting behavior comes … to a number of formal and informal groups and networks, but participation differs according to household characteristics …

returns are not affected by increased labor availability over a certain labor-land ratio. Female participation in off …-farm labor markets increases at higher levels of labor availability, but participation in women's groups' only increases as labor … scarcity is relaxed at lower levels. Alternatively, male participation in off-farm work increases over all levels of labor …

governance to promote strategies and policies targeted toward the achievement of gender equity, poverty reduction, and …

electoral participation and thus create a precondition for better local government accountability. The findings also suggest …

and how community preferences and participation affect service provision in rural Guatemala. Our main finding is that the …

variation in participation decisions, contribution amounts, variable input purchases, and subsequent farm revenues." from …