Variation in women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence across the rural–urban continuum in Ethiopia
Little is known about the effects of urbanization on women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV).
Little is known about the effects of urbanization on women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV).
Several countries across the developing world have designed and implemented agricultural export incentives. However, little is known about the effects of these policies on various aspects of domestic food security.
In many developing countries, poor delivery of public services remains an important problem.
Agricultural advisory services are generally biased towards men, with information targeted mainly to male members within the household, and in formats that often reinforce male dominance in agricultural decision-making.
Despite enthusiasm around applications of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to smallholder agriculture in many lower-income countries, there are still many questions on the effectiveness of ICT-based approaches.
There is resurging interest in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) as an approach for achieving global biodiversity conservation goals.
Experimental evidence shows interventions that reduce aflatoxin exposure can be cost-effective based on averted poisoning deaths and cancer cases alone; impacts on stunting imply additional health benefits.
Intergenerational transmission of intrahousehold gender attitudes in Ethiopia--An analysis of current households with natal households of both the husband and wife.
Women’s decisionmaking indicators are widely used in social science research, though insufficient attention is given to measurement issues.
We study the take‐up of an intervention designed to increase women’s economic empowerment among sugarcane farmers in Uganda. We find that lower socioeconomic status and household gender norms both predict a couple’s refusal of the intervention.
Remote areas are often characterized by lower welfare outcomes due to economic disadvantages and higher transaction costs for trade. But their poorer situation may also be linked to worse public service delivery.
In 2015, Ethiopia experienced one of its worst droughts in decades.
Africa is likely to experience warming and increased climate variability by the late 21st century. Climate extremes have been linked to adverse economic outcomes.
Consumption-based household surveys are used to look at the impact of weather variabilities on welfare, food consumption, and poverty, finding disproportionate welfare impacts from floods.
Where there are more village meetings, cash transfers can increase trust in elected leaders, and improve the perceptions of government responsiveness to citizens’ concerns, and leaders' honesty.
The Impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda.