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among its individual members. They look at how these differences in land holdings and education affect what sons and … competition in off-farm labor markets, and to eliminate discrimination against women. The authors conclude that there is no …
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What can be done to increase the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa? This brief … advocates a two-pronged approach. First, eradicate discrimination against women, and second, promote catch-up by implementing … more active measures in key areas such as control over land, water, and other assets, and investment in education, health …
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What can be done to increase the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa? This brief … advocates a two-pronged approach. First, eradicate discrimination against women, and second, promote catch-up by implementing … more active measures in key areas such as control over land, water, and other assets, and investment in education, health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997066
withdraw children from school and increase the probability that they are selected into farm work. Health shocks to women …
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Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate...
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"While the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) remains a hotly debated issue in all five Central American countries that are part of the treaty, most discussions are based on preconceived opinions rather than grounded in research-based results. The point of departure of the paper is...
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"Pakistan's economy relies heavily on its cotton and textile sectors. The cotton-processing and textile industries make up almost half of the country's manufacturing base, while cotton is Pakistan's principal industrial crop, supplying critical income to rural households. Altogether, the...
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vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …
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Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in...
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"This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of disasters on dynamic human capital production. Our empirical results show that accumulation of biological human capital prior to a disaster helps children maintain investments during the post-disaster...
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