Focusing on intra-household allocation, we investigate the effects of coffee market liberalisation in Uganda. As coffee …

women in local government in India, I find a one percentage-point increase in the school enrollment rate of young women for … each additional year of exposure to women leaders. This effect is sizeable given a mean level of exposure of 11 years and … infrastructure do not appear to be a potential mechanism for the effect to occur; the strongest evidence is that local women leaders …

We use a representative sample of informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar to add new evidence on the magnitude of the … and male entrepreneurs. Only male entrepreneurs seem subject to pressure to redistribute from the distant network. Our … findings are consistent with situations where women working at home would essentially feel negatively the burden of their own …

(english) We use a representative sample of informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar to add new evidence on the magnitude … and male entrepreneurs. Only male entrepreneurs seem subject to pressure to redistribute from the distant network. Our … findings are consistent with situations where women working at home would essentially feel negatively the burden of their own …

We use a representative sample of informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar to add new evidence on the magnitude of the … and male entrepreneurs. Only male entrepreneurs seem subject to pressure to redistribute from the distant network. Our … findings are consistent with situations where women working at home would essentially feel negatively the burden of their own …

This paper analyzes the use of informal credit as a coping strategy against risk by market women in the city of Tamale … determine these market-based coping strategies. Market women invest a considerable amount of working hours in maintaining … market women with access to formal, reliable and long-term microfinance institutions, both to improve their ability to cope …

This paper explores the use of informal credit as a strategy for managing risks by market women in northern Ghana. A …. Based on qualitative data, the analysis reveals that market women invest a considerable amount of time in maintaining … high transaction costs and prevents market women from growing out of poverty in the long term. …