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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
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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Review of agricultural extension in India: Are farmers' information needs being met?
Glendenning, Claire J.; Babu, Suresh; Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where...
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The patterns of patents in China:
Xie, Zhuan; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Innovations are a key driver of long-term economic growth. There has been an explosion of patent filings in China in the past three decades. But empirical studies on the pattern of innovations at the firm level are rather scant primarily due to lack of firm-specific patent data. We have made...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114768
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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
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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...
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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...
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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 …
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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
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Managing risk with insurance and savings: Experimental evidence for male and female farm managers in West Africa:
Delavallade, Clara; Dizon, Felipe; Hill, Ruth Vargas; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
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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