's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), a recent internationally-validated measure based on interviews of women and men within … the same household, from six countries in Africa and Asia to identify which dimensions of women's empowerment are related …

the Africa Agricultural Transformation Scorecard (AATS). The current BR applies equal weights to the seven thematic areas …

evidence from 20 Agriculture Public Expenditure Reviews (Ag PERs) that have been carried out in countries in Africa South of … agriculture has begun to result in improved levels and quality of national expenditure programs for the sector. It synthesizes …, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia …

agriculture. To this end, heads of state in Africa rallied to form the pan-African Comprehensive African Agriculture Development …It is widely agreed that reducing poverty in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) depends largely on stimulating growth in … agriculture alone is not enough. Policy can play an important role not only to make public investment more efficient, but also is …

The development debate in Africa south of the Sahara is often cast as “agriculture versus nonagriculture.” Yet this … literature disaggregating the growth–poverty relationship in agriculture. Although our estimated elasticities are higher for … agriculture given the importance of farm incomes for the poor, the extent to which this is true varies by country. In fact …

In recent years, some counties in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) have experienced growth in their economies and … Groningen Growth and Development Center's Africa Sector Database and the Demographic and Health Surveys, we show that much of … engaged in agriculture. This decline is most pronounced for rural females over the age of 25 who have a primary education …

Over the last decade, social safety nets (SSNs) have rapidly expanded in Africa, becoming a core strategy for …. This study reviews the evidence on the impact of SSNs on women's wellbeing in Africa, while contributing to an … of SSNs in Africa. We then summarize evidence from rigorous impact evaluations of SSNs on women's wellbeing across five …