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The potential impact of AIDS on population and economic growth rates.
Brown, Lynn R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997
AIDS is a human tragedy and a major health problem. The scale of the disease is so large that it now raises questions about the impact of AIDS on the future development path of many of the world's poorest developing countries. Through its effects on population levels and growth rates and on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101385
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Water, women, and local social organization in the Western Kenya highlands:
Were, Elizabeth; Swallow, Brent; Roy, Jessica - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
of a communitybased water scheme. There are challenges of finance, gender relations, and conflict over scarce water … are largely hidden behind social norms regarding gender roles and relations. Research methods need to carefully …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101395
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Assessing the factors underlying differences in group performance: methodological issues and empirical findings from the highlands of Central Kenya
Place, Frank; Kariuki, Gatarwa; Wangila, Justine; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
This paper examines the performance of rural groups in Kenya and addresses the methodological issues and challenges faced in doing this, and presents the empirical evidence regarding various hypothesized explanatory factors for relative performance levels.... The findings highlight the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101398
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The many meanings of collective action: lessons on enhancing gender inclusion and equity in watershed management
German, Laura; Tay, Hailemichael; Charamila, Sarah; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
on gender-equitable change processes in natural resource management. The paper utilizes a number of case studies to … illustrate the relative strengths and weaknesses of different approaches for enhancing gender inclusion and equity throughout the … proposed, and then utilized to assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of different approaches for fostering gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101399
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Biting the bullet: how to secure access to drylands resources for multiple users
Mwangi, Esther; Dohrn, Stephan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Close to one billion people worldwide depend directly upon the drylands for their livelihoods. Because of their climatic conditions and political and economic marginalization drylands also have some of the highest incidents of poverty. Pastoral and sedentary production systems coexist in these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101401
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Institutional innovations towards gender equity in agrobiodiversity management: collective action in Kerala, South India
Padmanabhan, Martina Aruna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
management of agrobiodiversity. The present investigation into the institutions governing PGR, with special emphasis on gender … utilization of agrobiodiversity the investigation uses a combination of institutional and gender analysis. Keywords: gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101402
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Improving the effectiveness of collective action: sharing experiences from community forestry in Nepal
Acharya, Krishna P.; Gentle, Popular - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The forest management strategy of Nepal is based on people's participation, which is known as community forestry. This approach was formally introduced in 1978 to encourage active participation of local people in forest management activities as a means to improve their livelihoods. Under the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101404
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Women's collective action and sustainable water management: case of SEWA's water campaign in Gujarat, India
Panda, Smita Mishra - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
occupied by men. Women's collective agency has catalyzed some gender-equitable change processes, although perceptible changes … in gender relations at the household level are not as significant. Some policy implications are discussed in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101412
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Initiatives for rural development through collective action: the case of household participation in group activities in the highlands of Central Kenya
Kariuki, Gatarwa; Place, Frank - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"Dimensions of the nature, scope, and complexity of collective action in Kenya have evolved over many years. In studying collective action, the aim is to understand why and how people participate in networks of trust. The purpose of this study was to investigate the different objectives that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101418
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Better rich, or better there?
Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1997
This paper uses three-generation retrospective data from the rural Philippines to examine the role of the extended family, proxied by alternative measures of grandparent coresidence, on investments in children. An extension of the wealth model of intergenerational transfers shows that extended...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101422