on providing more equitable access to these services, especially for women. The project focuses on agricultural extension … to agriculture but is of high relevance for rural women. A main goal of this project was to generate empirical micro …

"Ninety-five percent of the world's illiterate people live in developing countries, and about 70 percent are women …. Female illiteracy rates are particularly high in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Niger and Burkina Faso, for example, more than 90 … percent of women are illiterate. This paper presents a model of literacy. It shows that the main determinants of worldwide …