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Promising approaches to address the needs of poor female farmers:
Quisumbing, Agnes; Pandolfelli, Lauren - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
resources between men and women is linked with production inefficiency, yet interventions targeting smallholder farmers often … fail to redress women's lack of access to, and control of, important agricultural resources. Women are often constrained in … likely to reinforce inequalities between women and men and may even increase resource imbalances. While individual projects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996779
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Increasing the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
What can be done to increase the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa? This brief … advocates a two-pronged approach. First, eradicate discrimination against women, and second, promote catch-up by implementing …, child care, and other services for women. Since the set of actions that are most appropriate in a given situation will be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996888
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Characteristics and causes of severe poverty and hunger:
Ahmed, Akhter U.; Hill, Ruth Vargas; Smith, Lisa C.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996952
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Reforming land rights in Africa
Ngaido, Tidiane - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
productive resources by the poor, especially women and other marginalized groups... Research must focus on understanding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996973
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Increasing the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
What can be done to increase the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa? This brief … advocates a two-pronged approach. First, eradicate discrimination against women, and second, promote catch-up by implementing …, child care, and other services for women. Since the set of actions that are most appropriate in a given situation will be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997066
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Reforming land rights in Africa
Ngaido, Tidiane - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
productive resources by the poor, especially women and other marginalized groups... Research must focus on understanding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997086
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Indian agriculture and rural development: Strategic issues and reform options
von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Hazell, P.B.R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
rural areas; help strengthen the human resource base through education, nutrition, and empowerment of women; and build …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997089
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Child health care demand in a developing country
Hallman, Kelly - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999
This study examines how quality, price, and access to curative health care influence use of modern public, modern private, and traditional providers among 3,000 children age 0-2 years in Cebu, Philippines. The analysis relies on a series of household, community, and health facility surveys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997237
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Social capital and income generation in South Africa, 1993-98
Maluccio, John A.; Haddad, Lawrence James; May, Julian - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999
The goal of this paper is to determine the nature of the causal relationship between "social capital," as measured by household membership in formal and informal groups and household welfare in South Africa. Using a recently collected panel data set in South Africa's largest province, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997322
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Development Challenges in Extremist Affected Areas
Commission, Expert Group Planning - eSocialSciences - 2009
Widespread discontent among the people has plagued the Indian polity for sometime now. It has often led to unrest, sometimes of a violent nature. Over the years, statutory enactments and institutional mechanisms for addressing the various aspects of deprivation have been brought into being. But...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997996