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Gender Issues on Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Nigeria; the Case of the National Fadama 1 Development Project in Abia State, Nigeria
Ezeh, C.I.; Anyiro, Chidozie Onyedikachi; Ehiemere, I.O.; … - In: AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics 4 (2012) 3
This study determined the gender issues on poverty alleviation programmes; the case of the National Fadama 1 Development Programme in Abia State, Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used in the selection of the local government areas, communities and sample size of 150 respondents...
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Gender analysis and reform of irrigation management: concepts, cases, and gaps in knowledge; Proceedings of the Workshop of Gender and Water, 15-19 September 1997, Habarana, Sri La...
Baviskar, Shirish - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009398450
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Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity: The Role of Market Imperfections
Palacios-López, Amparo; López, Ramon E. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2014
This paper shows the implications of credit and labor market imperfections on gender differences in agricultural labor productivity, especially highlighting how both imperfections negatively affect female productivity by discouraging off-farm income generating activities and restricting access...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069696
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Infrastructure and rural development: insights from a Grameen Bank village phone initiative in Bangladesh*
Bayes, Abdul - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 25 (2001) 2-3
The intention of the present paper is to evaluate the role of telecommunications within the contexts of rural development in general and of poverty reduction in particular. Bangladesh has been selected as a case study due to the uniqueness it displayed in an innovative program for expanded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069389
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Gender differences in Uganda: the case for access to education and health services
Seewanyana, Sarah; Kasirye, Ibrahim - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2010
Statistics (UBoS), the paper examines gender biases in school attainment, returns to education, expenditure on health and … education, access to health services. While Uganda has recorded progress on MDG 3: promote gender equality and empower women … free education both at primary and secondary level; and abolition of user fees in public health facilities is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277088
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Determinants of customers' adoption of mobile banking in Tanzania : further evidence from a diffusion of innovation theory
Mori, Neema; Mlambiti, Rosallia - In: Journal of entrepreneurship, management and innovation … 16 (2020) 2, pp. 203-229
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Will artificial intelligence get in the way of achieving gender equality?
Carvajal, Daniel; Franco, Catalina; Isaksson, Siri - 2024
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Factors influencing the adoption of mobile banking services : a cross-sectional analysis
Kansra, Pooja; Kumar, Pawan; Thangjam, Nongthangba - In: World review of entrepreneurship, management and … 19 (2023) 3/4/5, pp. 269-279
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Women cotton farmers: Their perceptions and experiences with transgenic varieties: A case study for Colombia
Zambrano, Patricia; Maldonado, Jorge H.; Mendoza, Sandra L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
This paper explores gender differences in cotton cultivation and looks into the perceptions and experiences of women and men with transgenic varieties. With few exceptions, researchers in the area of impact evaluation of crop biotechnology have only marginally included gender considerations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366801
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An empirical study of the effect of internet services on the preferential adoption of mobile Internet
Nour, Mohamed Abdalla - In: International journal of e-business research : an … 10 (2014) 1, pp. 53-73
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