to changing social norms. However, the contribution which practical gender needs make in providing a basis for extremely … poor women to achieve their future strategic gender needs should not be underestimated. -- extreme poverty ; asset transfer …

We conduct a lab experiment to assess whether gender of dictators and recipients, and distributional preferences affect …. Second, male dictators appropriate a greater share of the pie than females and more is taken from known gender (male …

Agriculture is a main contributor to pro-poor growth in Africa, but gender inequalities in the sector hold back … agricultural growth and affect household welfare negatively. The sector has been characterized by a lack of gender …-disaggregated data and patchy gender-integration in policies and operational responses. To remedy this, the World Bank (WB) and the …

This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on gender equality in education outcomes in developing countries … indicate that aggregate aid disbursements to the education sector negatively affect gender parity in enrolment at the secondary … and tertiary education levels and have no impact on gender parity in primary education. No impact of subsector specific …

identifies linkages between gender, economic development, and growth, however. This paper explores the macro effects of gender …, transmitted via the productive sector and in the household, in part due to the tendency for work - paid and unpaid - to be gender …-segregated. Macro-level policies in turn can have differential effects on men and women. Evidence that gender equality is itself a …

This paper hypothesizes that adaptation to climate change is influenced by the gender of the decision maker of the …-headed households are examined. A multinomial logit model is used to examine factors determining adaptation choices by gender. Findings … reveal that gender of the household head matters in adaptation to climate-induced shocks. Specific differences were found …

probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …. However, after accounting for selection into labour force participation, the existing gender bias is narrowed for women with …

's employment policies from a gender perspective by adopting a functional approach. We examine policies with (1) a labour market … needs to be done to enhance women's access to assets, skills training, and better-quality employment. Further gender …