High urbanization rates in Latin America are accompanied by an increase in women’s participation in the labor force and the number of households headed by single mothers.
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Peru
IFPRI analyzed Peru’s comedores populares (community kitchens) and associated programs to identify lessons for future urban projects.
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Perú
IFPRI analyzed Peru’s comedores populares (community kitchens) and associated programs to .identify lessons for future urban projects.
The authors use individual observations from a panel of families during the period of the peso crisis in Mexico to investigate whether and how labor market shocks, as proxied by changes in the gender- and age-specific unemployment rates in the met
In 1999 global population surpassed 6 billion people, and this number rises by about 70-80 million people each year.
Women play important roles as producers of food, managers of natural resources, income earners, and caretakers of household food and nutrition security.
This research report examines three questions that are central to IFPRI research: How do property-rights institutions affect efficiency and equity? How are resources allocated within households? Why does this matter from a policy perspective?
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Measuring power
This paper focuses on dynamics within couples, although the authors recognize that dynamics among extended family members and across generations are of substantial interest.