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Women's empowerment : what works and why?
Cornwall, Andrea - 2014
Revisiting foundational feminist work on the concept of empowerment from the 1980s and 1990s, this paper draws on the findings of a multi-country research programme, 'Pathways of Women's Empowerment', to explore pathways of positive change in women's lives, in diverse contexts, and to draw...
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Welfare losses, preferences for redistribution, and political participation : evidence from the United Kingdom's age of austerity
Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno; Metzger, Laura - 2023
This paper studies the effect of austerity on forms of political participation-including voting, appealing for reform … exposure to austerity and political participation. The paper focuses on the case of the United Kingdom (UK) where, between 2011 … from austerity increases political participation and strengthens preferences for government redistribution. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261208
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Winning or buying hearts and minds? : cash transfers and political attitudes in Pakistan
Ghorpade, Yashodhan; Justino, Patricia - 2019
This paper studies how household-level receipts of cash transfers affect political attitudes in Pakistan. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129354
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Promoting women's economic empowerment through productive employment and social protection
Otobe, Naoko - 2014
The paper attempts to examine the extent to which the ILO-supported projects have contributed to women's economic empowerment and well-being i.e., from a gender perspective. The paper provides the ILO's perspectives on gender dimensions of employment promotion (involving income generation and...
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Helping poor farmers to help themselves : evidence from a group-based aid project in Mozambique
Nyyssölä, Milla; Pirttilä, Jukka; Sandström, Susanna - 2012
This paper evaluates the impact of an integrated rural development programme on farming techniques and food security in the Gaza area of rural Mozambique. We examine the impact of a group-based approach, in a country with few impact evaluations of technology adoption in farming. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009633863
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Gender difference in support for democracy in sub-Saharan Africa : do social institutions matter?
Konte, Maty - 2014
Little investigation has been made to explain why women are less likely than are men to support democracy in sub-Saharan Africa. This gender difference in politics has been found in numerous studies and may hinder the much needed legitimation of democracy in this region. This paper addresses the...
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On the political and social consequences of economic inequality : civic engagement in Colombia
Justino, Patricia; Arjona, Ana; Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo - 2019
results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with increases in individual participation in political organizations …
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Digging deeper into the state-democracy nexus : the role of civic participation in fostering impartial bureaucracy
Vaccaro, Andrea - 2023
attributes of democracy and state capacity-namely, civic participation and impartial bureaucracy-my study provides new evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014314738
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Rebel governance and political participation
Steele, Abbey; Weintraub, Michael - 2022
war likely influence citizens' post-conflict political participation, with consequences for democratic politics. We … choices about political participation. We test our argument with an original household survey of 12,000 households from war …-state paramilitaries increased participation in formal and informal political channels when compared to those not having experienced armed …
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Options for suitable biofuel farming : experience from Southern Africa
Von Maltitz, Graham - 2017
Southern African countries' interest in biofuel is due of its rural development potential. Finding models to optimize this benefit is therefore paramount. High-energy-density crops with low perishability allow farmers to grow small quantities on existing lands. Highly perishable, low-density...
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