More than 98 million adolescent girls are not in school. Can girls inuence their schooling without changes in their family's economic environment?

Some agricultural practices, such as irrigation, have the potential to buffer seasonal dietary gaps and through increased production and consumption improve diets, particularly of the rural poor relying on subsistence farming but also for rural an

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There is an enormous interest in development interventions aimed at reducing behavioural poverty traps, including by raising women's and girls' aspirations, or future-oriented goals.

Although migration remains crucial for economic development, financial constraints may limit individual ability to migrate.

Approximately 7.3 million births occur annually among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.

Experimental evidence from women-owned microenterprises in Ethiopia. Post-training surveys find that business training improves profits & sales.

Land degradation is a pressing global challenge, with three billion people residing in degraded landscapes.

In complex nutrition-sensitive interventions, separately identifying the effect of each programmatic component on the outcomes of interest can be challenging.

Increasing women's empowerment is a key objective of many development programs, both as a principal goal and as a path to economic development.

Women’s and youth’s roles in agriculture vary across contexts and over time. Limited quantitative information is available on this topic from Southeast Asia in general, and particularly from Myanmar.

Gender differences in the engagement of work activities across sectors are important elements of gender inequality in rural livelihoods and welfare in developing countries.

Background

Enhancing women’s participation in agricultural production, including livestock production, has the potential to generate a range of benefits for rural households in the developing world.