Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects
Ownership of assets is important for poverty alleviation, and women’s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate gender and ass...
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| author | Johnson, Nancy L. Kovarik, Chiara Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Njuki, Jemimah Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
| author_browse | Johnson, Nancy L. Kovarik, Chiara Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Njuki, Jemimah Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
| author_facet | Johnson, Nancy L. Kovarik, Chiara Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Njuki, Jemimah Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
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| description | Ownership of assets is important for poverty alleviation, and women’s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate gender and assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions. This paper synthesizes the findings of eight mixed-method evaluations of the impacts of agricultural development projects on individual and household assets in seven countries in Africa and South Asia. The results show that assets both affect and are affected by projects, indicating that it is both feasible and important to consider assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of agricultural development projects. All projects were associated with increases in asset levels and other benefits at the household level; however, only four projects documented significant, positive impacts in women’s ownership or control of assets relative to a control group, and of those only one project provided evidence of a reduction in the gender asset gap. The quantitative and qualitative findings suggest ways that greater attention to gender and assets by researchers and development implementers could improve outcomes for women in future projects. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1494412025-11-06T05:01:23Z Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects Johnson, Nancy L. Kovarik, Chiara Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Njuki, Jemimah Quisumbing, Agnes R. gender poverty alleviation households agriculture evaluation property rights assets ownership women impact assessment Ownership of assets is important for poverty alleviation, and women’s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate gender and assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions. This paper synthesizes the findings of eight mixed-method evaluations of the impacts of agricultural development projects on individual and household assets in seven countries in Africa and South Asia. The results show that assets both affect and are affected by projects, indicating that it is both feasible and important to consider assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of agricultural development projects. All projects were associated with increases in asset levels and other benefits at the household level; however, only four projects documented significant, positive impacts in women’s ownership or control of assets relative to a control group, and of those only one project provided evidence of a reduction in the gender asset gap. The quantitative and qualitative findings suggest ways that greater attention to gender and assets by researchers and development implementers could improve outcomes for women in future projects. 2015-04-15 2024-08-01T02:49:22Z 2024-08-01T02:49:22Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149441 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151222 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151226 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149731 https://doi.org/10.2499/CAPRiWP115 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134478 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134482 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151427 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.01.009 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Johnson, Nancy L.; Kovarik, Chiara; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Njuki, Jemimah and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2015. Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1436. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149441 |
| spellingShingle | gender poverty alleviation households agriculture evaluation property rights assets ownership women impact assessment Johnson, Nancy L. Kovarik, Chiara Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Njuki, Jemimah Quisumbing, Agnes R. Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects |
| title | Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects |
| title_full | Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects |
| title_fullStr | Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects |
| title_short | Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects |
| title_sort | gender assets and agricultural development lessons from eight projects |
| topic | gender poverty alleviation households agriculture evaluation property rights assets ownership women impact assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149441 |
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