There is a high degree of interest in the potential for agricultural programs to be designed and implemented to achieve health and nutrition objectives. Policymakers have often looked to the experience of civil society organizations in designing and implementing such programs, particularly in dif...
Bold, M. van den
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Pedehombga, A.
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Ouédraogo, M.
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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Olney, S.
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[Can integrated agriculture - nutrition programs change gender norms on land and asset ownership? Evidence from Burkina Faso.]
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Can integrated agriculture - nutrition programs change gender norms on land and asset ownership? Evidence from Burkina Faso.
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.
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Yasmin, R.
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Ara, J.
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Kamruzzaman, M.
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Davis, P.
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Behrman, J.
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Roy, S.
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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[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]
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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
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.
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Kumar, N.
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McNiven, S.
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Meenakshi, J.V.
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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[Bargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda]
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Bargaining power and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda
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.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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Njuki, Jemimah
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Behrman, J.
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Rubin, Deborah
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Peterman, A.
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Waithanji, Elizabeth M.
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[Gender, Assets, and Agricultural Development Programs: A Conceptual Framework]
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Gender, Assets, and Agricultural Development Programs: A Conceptual Framework
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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Roy, S.D.
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Njuki, Jemimah
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Tanvin, K.
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Waithanji, Elizabeth M.
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[Can dairy value-chain projects change gender norms in rural Bangladesh? Impacts on assets, gender norms, and time use]
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Can dairy value-chain projects change gender norms in rural Bangladesh? Impacts on assets, gender norms, and time use