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Women's self-help groups, decision-making, and improved agricultural practices in India : from extension to practice
Raghunathan, Kalyani; Kannan, Samyuktha; Quisumbing, … - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126271
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Women's empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course : evidence from Bangladesh
Sraboni, Esha; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110464
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Unpacking the Links Between Women's Empowerment and Child Nutrition Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data From Bangladesh
Bhagowalia, Priya; Menon, Purnima; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
This paper examines the relationship between gender inequality and nutrition using direct indicators of empowerment … good, child health. Indices that capture distinct dimensions of women’s empowerment are used as explanatory variables along … greater degree of women’s empowerment is associated with better long term nutritional status of children. Attitudes towards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020461
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What dimensions of women’s empowerment in agriculture matter for nutrition-related practices and outcomes in Ghana?:
Malapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132650
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How do intrahousehold dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from BRAC’s Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction—Targeting the Ultra Poor program...
Das, Narayan; Yasmin, Rabeya; Ara, Jinnat; Kamruzzaman, Md. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
We study BRAC’s Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction—Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program in Bangladesh, which targets asset transfer (primarily livestock) and training to rural women in poor households. Previous research has shown large, significant positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132684
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Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review:
van den Bold, Mara; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Gillespie, Stuart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the … interventions, and microfinance programs—on women’s empowerment, nutrition, or both. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132692
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The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index:
Alkire, Sabina; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Peterman, Amber - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a new survey-based index designed to measure the empowerment …€™s empowerment that may result from the United States government’s Feed the Future Initiative, which commissioned the development … of the WEAI. The WEAI can also be used more generally to assess the state of empowerment and gender parity in agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132703
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Women’s empowerment in agriculture, production diversity, and nutrition: Evidence from Nepal:
Malapit, Hazel Jean L.; Kadiyala, Suneetha; Quisumbing, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
With the increasing recognition that agricultural growth and development do not necessarily translate into improved nutrition outcomes, policymakers are increasingly grappling with how to design and implement agricultural policies and programs that can also achieve nutritional objectives....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132743
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Measuring progress toward empowerment: Women's empowerment in agriculture index: Baseline report
Malapit, Hazel J.; Sproule, Kathryn; Kovarik, Chiara; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey … factors that might affect empowerment and outcomes that might result from empowerment. The analysis includes thirteen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132826
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"Flypaper effects" in transfers targeted to women : evidence from BRAC's “Targeting the Ultra Poor” program in Bangladesh
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Ara, Jinnat; Das, Narayan Chandra - In: Journal of development economics 117 (2015), pp. 1-19
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011505036