Search Results - "rural"

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in the Niger by Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, United States Agency for International Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, Bryan, Elizabeth, Mawia, Harriet, Ringler, Claudia

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Gender-inclusive governance of “self-help” groups in rural Kenya by Aberman, Noora-Lisa, Birner, Regina, Odoyo, Elizabeth Auma Okiri, Oyunga, Mary Anyango, Okoba, Barrack, Okello, George Otiep

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Changes in food insecurity in rural Bangladesh during COVID-19 by Ahmed, Akhter, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hoddinott, John F., Roy, Shalini, Anowar, Md Sadat, Al-Hasan, Md., Ghostlaw, Julie

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Women and adolescent girls’ experience with COVID-19 in rural Senegal by Dione, Malick, Lo, Codé, Seye, Moustapha, Fall, Abdou Salam, Hidrobo, Melissa, Le Port, Agnès, Heckert, Jessica, Peterman, Amber

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Agriculture and the rural economy in Pakistan: Issues, outlooks, and policy priorities by Spielman, David J., Malik, Sohail Jehangir, Dorosh, Paul A., Ahmad, Nuzhat

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Renewable energy: Bringing electricity to revitalize Africa’s rural areas by Arndt, Channing

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Rural nonfarm enterprises in Tanzania's economic transformation: The role of the youth by Diao, Xinshen, Magalhaes, Eduardo, McMillan, Margaret S.

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A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana by Diao, Xinshen, Silver, Jed

“…Without rapid industrialization to create more formal manufacturing and other non-agricultural jobs, youth in Ghana who leave the agricultural sector are increasingly likely to resort to informal services in both rural and urban areas. While much youth-related research has focused on changes in youth employment and livelihoods through rural-urban migration, a re-cent IFPRI Discussion Paper focuses on youth in the rural non-farm economy (Diao et al. 2017).…”
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Agricultural production and children's diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia by Hirvonen, Kalle, Hoddinott, John F.

“…Using a large household survey from rural Ethiopia, we find that increasing household production diversity leads to considerable improvements in children's dietary diversity. …”
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Biofortified staples may hold the key to India’s rural malnutrition by Verma, Smriti, Kumar, Anjani

“…The twin problems of malnutrition and nutritional insecurity are particularly severe in rural India.…”
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Conclusion [in Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts] by Mueller, Valerie, Rosenbach, Gracie, Thurlow, James

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Cooperation and the provision of local public goods in remote rural communities by Ward, Patrick S., Alvi, Muzna, Makhija, Simrin, Spielman, David J.

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Factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda by Maniragaba, Fred, Nzabona, Abel, Asiimwe, John Bosco, Bizimungu, Emmanuel, Mushomi, John, Ntozi, James, Kwagala, Betty

“…The aim of this paper was to examine the factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda. This paper is based on a cross-sectional study of 912 older persons age 60 years and older across four major regions of Uganda. …”
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Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst by Lambrecht, Isabel B., Mahrt, Kristi

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Conflict, migration, and food security: The role of agriculture and rural development by da Silva, José Graziano, Fan, Shenggen

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Economic benefits of rural feeder roads: Evidence from Ethiopia by Stifel, David, Minten, Bart, Koru, Bethlehem

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Empowerment and agricultural production: Evidence from rural households in Niger by Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie

“…This means that other and possibly more effective pathways to agrarian intensification exist and important agricultural productivity gains could be made by empowering men and women in rural households.…”
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Strengthening resilience of rural households through improved social protection by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Synopsis: Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Berhane, Guush, Minten, Bart, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

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The returns to empowerment in diversified rural household: Evidence from Niger by Wouterse, Fleur

“…Income diversification is thus the norm among these rural households and different income-generating activities offer alternative pathways out of poverty for households as well as a mechanism for managing risk in an uncertain environment. …”
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