Publication year: 2011 Source: World Development, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 May 2011 Mateusz, Filipski , J., Edward Taylor , Siwa, Msangi We construct a disaggregated rural economywide model with a focus on gender and immigration as well as on the allocation of time to wage work, household production activities, and housework (reproduction). >> Read more
Publication: Women and Labour Markets in Asia: Rebalancing for Gender Equality
The crisis response and recovery policies of Asian governments have been shaped by the lessons learned from the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. An important lesson emerging from the recent crisis is that the policy goal should not be to return to a "normal" pre-crisis situation but to address fundamental and not just >> Read more
Publication: Women, marriage and asset inheritance in Uganda
Using a unique dataset from Uganda, which collected individual-level asset ownership data and women’s life histories regarding assets, this paper examines the relationships between inheritance, marriage and asset ownership. Land is the most important asset in rural Uganda. The majority of couples (both married and those in consensual unions) report owning land jointly. Men who >> Read more
Publication: Evaluating the long-term impact of antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh
This paper provides an overview of a research project that assessed the long-term impact of three antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh—the introduction of new agricultural technologies, educational transfers, and microfinance—on monetary and nonmonetary measures of well-being. This paper begins by setting out the conceptual framework, methodology, and empirical methods used for the evaluation of long-term impacts. >> Read more
Publication: Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health and birth outcomes?
Evidence from El Salvador’s Comunidades Solidarias Rurales Although conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are traditionally evaluated in relation to child schooling and nutrition outcomes, there is growing interest in specifically examining maternal and reproductive health impacts. However, since data collection is not typically designed to evaluate these outcomes and sample sizes are often limited, there is >> Read more
Publication: A Silent ‘Revolution’? Women’s Empowerment in Rural Tamil Nadu
Staffan Lindberg, , Venkatesh B athreya, , R Vidyasagar , Goran Djurfeldt , A Rajagopal One of the most significant social changes over the past 25 years in Tamil Nadu is the entry of women into the local political bodies at the village and village union levels through the 33% reservation system. Simultaneously, women are >> Read more
World Bank Justice for the Poor publication, Increasing Access to Justice for Women, the Poor and Those Living in Remote Areas– An Indonesia Case Study.
Increasing Access to Justice for Women, the Poor and Those Living in Remote Areas: An Indonesia Case Study. Justice for the Poor gender work in Indonesia has been focusing on access to justice for women and community legal empowerment. Women's ability to access religious courts is a crucial step in opening up their access to >> Read more
Publication: Gender Implications of Biofuels Expansion in Africa: The Case of Mozambique
We use a gendered dynamic CGE model to assess the implications of biofuels expansion in a low-income, land-abundant setting. Mozambique is chosen as a representative case. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha feedstock for biodiesel. Under all scenarios, biofuels investments accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty. However, a stronger trade-off >> Read more
Publications: ILC on Women and Land
Over the last three years, the International Land Coalition (ILC) has carried out a project entitled "Securing Women's Access to Land: Linking Research and Action" in Eastern and Southern Africa with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The project aimed at learning from grassroots women and promoting a transformative agenda for women's land >> Read more
Publication: Upcoming FAO Report: SOFA 2010/11 “Women in agriculture: closing the gender gap for development”.
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report 2010–11, launched on March 7th 2011, provides comprehensive data and analysis documenting and assessing the costs of the gender gap in access to land, livestock, education, financial services, extension, fertilizers, tools and employment opportunities. It presents sex-disaggregated statistics on a range of socio-economic indicators and compelling empirical >> Read more
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