communities are usually more affected, especially in low-income countries. Among them, women but particularly indigenous groups in … indigenous women. Our results show that overall indigenous women are the group most severely affected by droughts, decreasing … their income, their probability of working in agriculture, and increasing their likelihood of working as an unpaid family …

This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at … performance of agriculture was the result of fast growth in the use of fertilizer, increases in land productivity, and growth in … contributed significantly to the improved performance of agriculture. Observed growth patterns at the country level suggest that …

country's dual agricultural policy focus towards large commercial agribusiness enterprises, led by the Ministry of Agriculture …

Violence has a striking gender pattern. Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger, while women experience … violence mostly from their partners. This paper estimates the costs of violence against women in terms of intangible outcomes …, such as women’s reproductive health, labor supply, and the welfare of their children. The study uses a sample of nearly 83 …

Violence against women (VAW) is only beginning to be recognized as a major societal problem within and across Asia …. This is evidenced by the high level of self-reporting by men and women of sexual violence and domestic violence in recent … particularly via the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the pressure exerted …

information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of …