the gender dimensions of asset ownership. This paper sets out a framework for researchers who are interested in collecting … data on individual level asset ownership and analyzing the gender asset gap. It reviews best practices in existing surveys … examples of three Living Standard Measurement Study surveys: the 1998-99 Ghana survey, the 2000 Guatemala survey, and the 1997 …

Poverty, environment, social development, and gender are important cross-cutting themes of the World Bank and … most often gender issues are not included. This is a missed opportunity, because joint assessments can map the links … between gender, environment, and poverty and help identify approaches that can accelerate the positive synergy and better …

As the first output from the gender and governance in rural services project, this report presents descriptive findings … and qualitative analysis of accountability mechanisms in agricultural extension and rural water supply in India, Ghana …, and Ethiopia, paying specific attention to gender responsiveness. The gender and governance in rural services project …

health status, or lower educational attainment among girls. This study focuses on one measure of son preference in the … developing world, namely the likelihood of continued childbearing given the gender composition of existing children in the family …