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Improving the measurement of rural women's employment : global momentum and survey research priorities

Koolwa, Gayatri - 2019

Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda Living Standards and Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, as well as …

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Playing to strength : growth strategy for small agrarian economies in Africa

Yusuf, Shahid; Kumar, Praveen - 2018

With urban industrialization on the scale achieved by East Asian economies looking increasingly less plausible, small economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a growth strategy with the greatest potential for small,...

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Harvesting prosperity : Technology and productivity growth in agriculture

Fugile, Keith; Gautam, Madhur; Goyal, Aparajita; … - 2019

"This book documents frontier knowledge on the drivers of agriculture productivity to derive pragmatic policy advice for governments and development partners on reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The analysis describes global trends and long-term sources of total factor...

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Women in Agriculture : The Impact of Male Out-Migration on Women's Agency, Household Welfare, and Agricultural Productivity

World Bank - 2015

this study is to investigate the feminization of agriculture as well as its implications for women's agency, household … welfare, and agricultural productivity. This report provides some introduction to women in agriculture, lays out the study … farm household. This study is based on a quantitative field survey conducted in August 2014, as well as qualitative focus …

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Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh : Sustaining Poverty Reduction

World Bank Group - 2016

, and improve food security and nutrition. A substantial strength of this study is its empirical foundation, consisting of …

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Future of Food : Maximizing Finance for Development in Agricultural Value Chains

Townsend, Robert - 2018

Current levels of investment in agricultural value chains are insufficient to achieve key development goals including ending poverty and hunger, boosting shared prosperity through more and better jobs, and better stewarding the world's natural resources by 2030. Crowding-in private investment to...

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Caring about Carework : Lifting Constraints to the Productivity of Women Farmers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Donald, Aletheia - 2018

Women farmers in the Western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) bear the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work. Women spend less time than men on their plots and more time on domestic work. The authors use a combination of consultations in the field, desk research, and primary data...

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Male Outmigration and Women's Work and Empowerment in Agriculture : The Case of Nepal and Senegal

World Bank Group - 2018

The objective of this study is to examine the linkages between migration and women's work and empowerment in …

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Making Agriculture Work for the Poor in Timor-Leste

World Bank Group - 2019

the limited public funds more strategically and better correspond with local poverty. The findings from this study …

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Sector Diagnostic and Analysis of Public Spending in Agriculture and Rural Development

World Bank Group - 2019

The purpose of this diagnostic report is to establish an analytical basis for defining strategic priorities in agriculture and rural development in Croatia, as the country prepares its National Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy and formulates its Strategic Plan for the European Union's...

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