intra-household allocation
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Including women in commercial agriculture benefits the whole household
Formally including Ugandan women in commercial agriculture – through contract ownership or behaviour-change interventions – can increase women’s empowerment without reducing productivity, and with positive spillovers for household welfare and gender ...
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Saving face or saving money? How household dynamics hold back women
Experimental evidence from rural Malawi shows that women's reputation concerns within households can lead to underinvestment in new technologies and persistence with bad ones. Engaging both spouses and/or equipping women to effectively communicate th...
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Two heads are better than one: Agricultural production and investment in Côte d’Ivoire
Women’s inclusion in training, farm management and planning can boost the efficiency of agricultural production