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This paper explores, conceptually and empirically, the question of how much food is produced by women. Data for labour inputs [...]

This paper introduces value chain analysis and development as tools for addressing gender inequities in markets. We describe how factors [...]

This paper examines gender differentiated asset dynamics over a 20 year period (1988-2008) in Northern Nigeria. The paper first examines [...]

This paper reviews rural women’s access to financial services, a key factor of successful rural development strategies. Designing appropriate financial [...]

This paper considers the impact of gender specific constraints on the production and marketing of cash crops. Cash crop production [...]

This paper presents a simple tool that can be used to monitor developments in market prices. The data requirements are [...]

Ester Boserup’s book Women’s role in economic development marked an important step in understanding the position of women in developing [...]

This paper investigates the meaning of female empowerment and presents the argument why empowerment is needed. Empowerment is treated as [...]

This paper reviews existing microeconomic empirical literature on gender differences in use, access, and adoption of non-land agricultural inputs in [...]

The present paper attempts to identify the groups of households that most likely will face positive or negative welfare consequences as [...]