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Climate, change adaptation assets and group-based approaches: Gendered perceptions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, and Kenya:
Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Ali, Snigdha; Behrman, Julia A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Using a participatory rural appraisal approach, a series of qualitative studies were conducted in four countries facing negative impacts of climate change—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali—in order to determine men’s and women’s perceptions of climate change,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200211
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Do shocks affect men's and women's assets differently?: A review of literature and new evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Kumar, Neha; Behrman, Julia A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
This background paper attempts to expand our understanding of the gender-differentiated impact of shocks on assets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291938
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How do intrahousehold dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from BRAC’s Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction—Targeting the Ultra Poor program...
Das, Narayan; Yasmin, Rabeya; Ara, Jinnat; Kamruzzaman, Md. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
We study BRAC’s Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction—Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program in Bangladesh, which targets asset transfer (primarily livestock) and training to rural women in poor households. Previous research has shown large, significant positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132684
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Community–based adaptation to climate change: A theoretical framework, overview of key issues and discussion of gender differentiated priorities and participation:
Bryan, Elizabeth; Behrman, Julia A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of community–based adaptation (CBA) efforts. To start, it develops and describes a framework on adaptation to climate change used as the basis for this research. The paper then defines the characteristics or principles of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132841
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Evaluation of grassroots community–based legal aid activities in Uganda and Tanzania: Strengthening women’s legal knowledge and land rights:
Peterman, Amber; Billings, Lucy; Behrman, Julia A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
significant gender disparities persist in access, control, inheritance, and ownership of land at the grassroots level. One …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132842
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Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework:
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Johnson, Nancy; Quisumbing, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
differential access to and control over assets by men and women. After reviewing the literature on gender and assets, this paper … of assets. The framework generates gender-specific hypotheses that can be tested empirically: i) Different types of … individual(s) who control that asset; and iv) Interventions and policies that reduce the gender gap in assets are better able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132845