The current govenrmnet of Ethiopia has put agricultural at the heart of its policies. there is particular emphasis on prompting adoption of fertlisier, improved seeds and the efficiency of inputs marketing and distribution. In this paper we use a nationaly representative data set for 1994 to...

Women in developing countries are disempowered relative to their contemporaries in developed countries. High youth unemployment and early marriage and childbearing interact to limit human capital investment and enforce dependence on men. In this paper we evaluate an attempt to jump-start...