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Growing evidence shows that the distribution of individuals' ownership and control of assets within a household can have important implications for women’s empowerment and children’s well-being. Interventions that target assets to specific individuals can shift these intrahousehold dynamics, yet ...


Das, N.C.Yasmin, R.Ara, J.Kamruzzaman, M.Davis, P.Behrman, J.Roy, S.Quisumbing, Agnes R.[How do intrahousehold dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from BRAC’s challenging the frontiers of poverty reduction—targeting the ultra poor program in Bangladesh]How do intrahousehold dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from BRAC’s challenging the frontiers of poverty reduction—targeting the ultra poor program in Bangladesh
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Johnson, Nancy L.Quisumbing, Agnes R.Njuki, JemimahBehrman, Julia A.Rubin, DeborahPeterman, A.Waithanji, Elizabeth M.[The gender asset gap and its implications for agricultural and rural development]The gender asset gap and its implications for agricultural and rural development

We examine the role of gender in adoption and diffusion of orange sweet potato, a biofortified staple food crop being promoted as a strategy to increase dietary intakes of vitamin A among young children and adult women in Uganda. As an agricultural intervention with nutrition objectives, intrahou...


Gilligan, D.O.Kumar, N.McNiven, S.Meenakshi, J.V.Quisumbing, Agnes R.[Bargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda]Bargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda

Strengthening the abilities of smallholder farmers in developing countries, particularly women farmers, to produce for both home and the market is currently a development priority. In many contexts, ownership of assets is strongly gendered, reflecting existing gender norms and limiting women’s ab...


Quisumbing, Agnes R.Rubin, DeborahManfre, C.Waithanji, Elizabeth M.Bold, M. van denOlney, D.Johnson, Nancy L.Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.[Gender, assets, and market-oriented agriculture: learning from high-value crop and livestock projects in Africa and Asia]Gender, assets, and market-oriented agriculture: learning from high-value crop and livestock projects in Africa and Asia

Being able to access, control, and own productive assets such as land, labor, finance, and social capital enables people to create stable and productive lives. Yet relatively little is known about how agricultural development programs can most effectively deliver these outcomes of well-being, emp...


Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Johnson, Nancy L.Quisumbing, Agnes R.Njuki, JemimahBehrman, J.Rubin, DeborahPeterman, A.Waithanji, Elizabeth M.[Gender, Assets, and Agricultural Development Programs: A Conceptual Framework]Gender, Assets, and Agricultural Development Programs: A Conceptual Framework

Research has shown that women, when given the capital and opportunity, make unique, positive contributions to development outcomes ranging from agricultural productivity to poverty reduction. It comes as little surprise, then, that agricultural research, development, and extension systems are gen...


Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Quisumbing, Agnes R.Behrman, Julia A.Biermayr Jenzano, PatriciaWilde, VickiNoordeloos, MarcoRagasa, CatherineBeintema, Neinke M.[Engendering agricultural research, development, and extension]Engendering agricultural research, development, and extension

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.Johnson, Nancy L.Quisumbing, Agnes R.Njuki, JemimahBehrman, J.Rubin, DeborahPeterman, A.Waithanji, Elizabeth M.[Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework]Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework

Quisumbing, Agnes R.Roy, S.D.Njuki, JemimahTanvin, K.Waithanji, Elizabeth M.[Can dairy value-chain projects change gender norms in rural Bangladesh? Impacts on assets, gender norms, and time use]Can dairy value-chain projects change gender norms in rural Bangladesh? Impacts on assets, gender norms, and time use

Report by Agnes Quisumbing of IFPRI on the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, September 1995. The report summarizes the activities of IFPRI in representing the CGIAR at the conference, as requested by the CGIAR Secretariat, and identifies issues in the Beijing Platform for Action that d...


Quisumbing, Agnes R.[The Fourth World Conference on Women: Implications for the CGIAR]The Fourth World Conference on Women: Implications for the CGIAR

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