Women play important roles at different nodes of both agricultural and off-farm value chains, but in many countries their contributions are either underestimated or limited by prevailing societal norms or gender-specific barriers.

Many development agencies are designing and implementing value chain interventions that aim to reach, benefit, and empower rural women.

Women's participation and empowerment in value chains are goals of many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs).

Ensuring that women’s contributions to food systems are recognized—by their families, communities, policymakers, and society more broadly—and that women can make strategic choices about their involvement in food systems has benefits for all of soc

Women’s participation and empowerment in value chains are goals that concern many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs).

This paper shows mutually consistent evidence to support female advantage in education and disadvantage in labor markets observed in the Philippines.

This chapter examines the role of groups and networks in helping the poor manage their exposure to risks and cope with shocks to their livelihoods in the rural Philippines.

This paper examines the long-term impacts of improved school quality at the elementary school stage on subsequent schooling investments and labor market outcomes using unique data from a recent survey that tracked students in the Philippines.

This study examines the role of groups and networks in helping poor Filipinos manage their exposure to risks and cope with shocks.

"The indigenous people of Talaanding in Basac village, Bukidnon, the Philippines, had to deal with a high occurrence of disease and a high number of malnourished children in their village.

This paper explores the determinants of group membership and social networks of rural households using a unique longitudinal data set from the rural Philippines.

Many studies have looked at the way resources are distributed to men, women, and especially to small children, but one age group within the family has been largely ignored: the adolescents.

This paper examines the role of the extended family on investments in children, using data from a retrospective survey of three generations in the rural Philippines.