ABSTRACT Studies on credit schemes for small-scale entrepreneurs have documented their potential to alleviate poverty and improve food security, nutrition, and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Other studies find mixed impacts of credit schemes on reducing income inequality, empowering women, and enhancing children’s education. Moreover, growing evidence finds that entrepreneurs offer credit to >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS
We have three nwe journal articles available that may be of interest to you: Women’s empowerment and gender equality in South Asian agriculture: Measuring progress using the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) in Bangladesh and India The power of the collective empowers women: Evidence from self-help groups in India Designing for empowerment impact >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Exploring women’s empowerment using a mixed methods approach
ABSTRACT Interest in the meaning and measurement of women’s empowerment has become a stated goal of many programs in international development. This paper explores a collaborative process of studying women’s empowerment in agricultural research for development using both quantitative and qualitative methods. It draws on three bodies of research around empowerment, growing interest in qualitative >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: International Women’s Day
The theme for International Women’s Day 2021 (March 8) is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” As leaders in gender research, we invite you to review IFPRI’s work at the intersection of gender equality and the pandemic. Click here to read more!
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: GENDER AND RURAL TRANSFORMATION: WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHAT DON’T WE KNOW?
Rural transformation is central to the broader structural transformation process taking place in developing countries — fueled by the globalization of value chains, changing food systems, new technologies, conflict and displacement, and climate change, among other factors. When rural economies transform, farmers start to engage in nonfarm activities, agriculture becomes more capital intensive and commercially >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses
Ruth Meinzen-Dick recently published an op-ed in Agricultural and Human Values, titled "Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses." Click here to read her thoughts.
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Water for all – making SDG 6 a reality
A new publication about enhancing access to water for all (Sustainable Development Goal #6). Is now available. Ringler, Claudia; Mehta, Lyla; Schreiner, Barbara; Oweis, Theib; and Varghese, Shiney. 2020. Water for all: Making SDG 6 a reality. Rural 21 54(1): 8-10. https://www.rural21.com/english/current-issue/detail/article/water-for-all-making-sdg-6-a-reality.html Click here to read the article.
New Gender Highlights Newsletter now available! February 2020
The February 2020 Gender Highlights from IFPRI is now available! Click here to read the latest newsletter. Want to subscribe? Use this form to be included on our mailing list.
NEW PUBLICATION: 2019 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) “Gender Equality in Rural Africa: From Commitments to Outcomes
Lomé, Togo - Many African governments have committed to promoting inclusive agricultural growth in recent years, but their efforts often neglect the key role played by gender, according to a new report. Evidence shows that gender differences are affecting African countries’ ability to meet their goals of ending hunger, reducing poverty, boosting trade, and increasing >> Read more
NEW FROM IFPRI AUTHORS: Cognitive interviewing to improve women’s empowerment questions in surveys: Application to the health and nutrition and intrahousehold relationships modules for the project‐level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
TITLE: Cognitive interviewing to improve women's empowerment questions in surveys: Application to the health and nutrition and intrahousehold relationships modules for the project‐level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index ABSTRACT: In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which include fostering gender equality and women's empowerment, and ending hunger and malnutrition. To monitor progress >> Read more
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