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Growth in high-value export markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and its development implications
Maertens, Miet; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Jo - 2009
income and poverty implications of expanded horticulture exports and changing supply chain structures for rural households in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313434
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Globalization and Poverty in Senegal : A Worst Case Scenario?
Maertens, Miet - 2014
There is no consensus about how globalization - trade and foreign investments - affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the … and vertical integration and complete exclusion of smallholder suppliers. We analyze and quantify income and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708416
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Growth in High-Value Export Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Development Implications
Maertens, Miet - 2014
income and poverty implications of expanded horticulture exports and changing supply chain structures for rural households in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070535
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Growth in High-Value Export Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and its Development Implications
Maertens, Miet - 2014
income and poverty implications of expanded horticulture exports and changing supply chain structures for rural households in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070702
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Missing from the market : purdah norm and women's paid work participation in Bangladesh
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2017
participate in paid work than men. Oaxaca decomposition of the gender gap confirms that most of it (i.e. 95%) is unexplained by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110131
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Missing from the market : purdah norm and women's paid work participation in Bangladesh
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2016
participate in paid work than men. Oaxaca decomposition of the gender gap confirms that most of it (i.e. 95%) is unexplained by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596085
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Menstruation hygiene management and work attendance in a developing country
Krenz, Astrid; Strulik, Holger - 2019
Women in developing countries face challenges in terms of managing their menstrual hygiene. Oftentimes they do not possess the right means nor materials nor have access to the right facilities. Using a newly released dataset for Burkina Faso and propensity score matching, we provide for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951248
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Household Consumption Volatility and Poverty Risk : Case Studies from South Africa and Tanzania
Bellon, Matthieu - 2020
fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … that reducing consumption volatility would have on aggregate poverty. We then discuss coverage of consumption insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836527
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Welfare effects of vegetable commercializatino : evidence from smallhoder producers in Kenya
Muriithi, Beatrice W.; Matz, Julia Anna - 2014
We investigate the impact of smallholder vegetable commercialization through the export and domestic market channels on household income and assets in Kenya. We use a survey panel dataset, which allows us to control for unobserved heterogeneity across households, and show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344896
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Food standards, certification, and poverty among coffee farmers in Uganda
Chiputwa, Brian; Qaim, Matin; Spielman, David J. - 2013
increases household living standards by 30% and significantly reduces the prevalence and depth of poverty. For the other two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234076