Mexico’s Programa Nacional de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA) is a major government program aimed at developing the human capital of poor households.
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Many decisions that affect the well-being of individuals are made within families or households.
book chapter
Agriculture and natural resources: Overview
Much has been written about the importance of gender issues in designing and implementing agricultural evelopment projects (Cloud 1983; Alderman et al. 1994; Quisumbing et al. 1998).
book chapter
Health and nutrition: Overview
Gender differences in health and nutrition have long been a subject of study in the intrahousehold allocation literature.
book chapter
Effects on diet in improving the iron status of women: what role for food-based interventions?
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affects more than 3.5 people in the developing world. More than half of pregnant women (56 percent) and 44 percent of nonpregnant women are anemic (ACC/SCN 2000).
Economists who analyze household decisionmaking allocation have traditionally assumed that the household acts as a single unit.
The collective model of the household predicts that bargaining power determines the share of resources allocated to an individual within the household. The concept of bargaining power is elusive, however.
This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women’s land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in western Ghana, where cocoa is the dominant crop.
discussion paper
Impacts of programs and organizations on the adoption of sustainable land management technologies in Uganda
The government of Uganda is currently decentralizing many of its services including those directly related to agriculture and the environment.
discussion paper
An integrated economic and social analysis to assess the impact of vegetable and fishpond technologies on poverty in rural Bangladesh
This study examines the poverty reduction implications of the introduction of three different agricultural technologies by government and NGOs in three rural sites across Bangladesh.
journal article
Agricultural science and technology policy in Africa
The authors of this book identify the factors affecting land inheritance and schooling across generations in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Ghana—countries with very different social and cultural traditions.
This study examines the poverty reduction implications of the introduction of three different agricultural technologies by government and NGOs in three rural sites across Bangladesh.
In 1999 global population surpassed 6 billion people, and this number rises by about 70-80 million people each year.
In 1999 global population surpassed 6 billion people, and this number rises by about 70-80 million people each year.
In 1999 global population surpassed 6 billion people, and this number rises by about 70-80 million people each year.
discussion paper
Does cash crop adoption detract from childcare provision?
Using data from fieldwork conducted in Nepal, the impact of a project designed to commercialize vegetables and fruits — the Vegetable and Fruit Cash Crop Program (VFC)— on male and female time allocation is examined.