Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda

The authors provide evidence that women's non-farm activities help reduce poverty in two economically and culturally different countries, Ghana and Uganda. In both countries rural poverty rates were lowest - and fell most rapidly - for female heads of household engaged in non-farm activities. P...

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Main Authors: Newman, Constance, Canagarajah, Sudharshan
Format: Publications & Research
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21457
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spelling okr-10986-214572021-04-23T14:04:02Z Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda Newman, Constance Canagarajah, Sudharshan agricultural output agricultural production agriculture commodities consumption data crops cultural practices data collection dependency ratio dependent variable developing countries development network division of labor econometric estimates economic activity economics employment exchange rates families farm activities farmers female headed-households female-headed households gender household head household income household level household size household survey household surveys human capital human development incomes individual level informal sector labor market livestock living standards living standards measurement mean income national poverty national poverty line policy policy implications policy makers policy research poverty poverty analysis poverty levels poverty line poverty lines poverty measurement poverty reduction poverty research poverty trends primary school reducing poverty research report rural areas rural development rural economy rural employment rural households rural population rural poverty rural residents social development social protection textiles urban areas urban poverty wage income wood workers nonfarm income female headed households married women household surveys gender analysis rural employment poverty statistics educational level market access The authors provide evidence that women's non-farm activities help reduce poverty in two economically and culturally different countries, Ghana and Uganda. In both countries rural poverty rates were lowest - and fell most rapidly - for female heads of household engaged in non-farm activities. Participation in non-farm activities increased more rapidly for women, especially married women and female heads of household, than for men. Women were more likely than men to combine agriculture and non-farm activities. In Ghana it was non-farm activities (for which income data are available ) that provided the highest average incomes and the highest shares of income. Bivariate profit analysis of participation shows that in Uganda female heads of household and in Ghana women in general are significantly more likely than men to participate in non-farm activities and less likely to participate in agriculture. 2015-02-13T19:42:34Z 2015-02-13T19:42:34Z 2000-06 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21457 en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2367 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Ghana Uganda
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topic agricultural output
agricultural production
agriculture
commodities
consumption data
crops
cultural practices
data collection
dependency ratio
dependent variable
developing countries
development network
division of labor
econometric estimates
economic activity
economics
employment
exchange rates
families
farm activities
farmers
female headed-households
female-headed households
gender
household head
household income
household level
household size
household survey
household surveys
human capital
human development
incomes
individual level
informal sector
labor market
livestock
living standards
living standards measurement
mean income
national poverty
national poverty line
policy
policy implications
policy makers
policy research
poverty
poverty analysis
poverty levels
poverty line
poverty lines
poverty measurement
poverty reduction
poverty research
poverty trends
primary school
reducing poverty
research report
rural areas
rural development
rural economy
rural employment
rural households
rural population
rural poverty
rural residents
social development
social protection
textiles
urban areas
urban poverty
wage income
wood
workers
nonfarm income
female headed households
married women
household surveys
gender analysis
rural employment
poverty statistics
educational level
market access
spellingShingle agricultural output
agricultural production
agriculture
commodities
consumption data
crops
cultural practices
data collection
dependency ratio
dependent variable
developing countries
development network
division of labor
econometric estimates
economic activity
economics
employment
exchange rates
families
farm activities
farmers
female headed-households
female-headed households
gender
household head
household income
household level
household size
household survey
household surveys
human capital
human development
incomes
individual level
informal sector
labor market
livestock
living standards
living standards measurement
mean income
national poverty
national poverty line
policy
policy implications
policy makers
policy research
poverty
poverty analysis
poverty levels
poverty line
poverty lines
poverty measurement
poverty reduction
poverty research
poverty trends
primary school
reducing poverty
research report
rural areas
rural development
rural economy
rural employment
rural households
rural population
rural poverty
rural residents
social development
social protection
textiles
urban areas
urban poverty
wage income
wood
workers
nonfarm income
female headed households
married women
household surveys
gender analysis
rural employment
poverty statistics
educational level
market access
Newman, Constance
Canagarajah, Sudharshan
Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda
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Ghana
Uganda
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2367
description The authors provide evidence that women's non-farm activities help reduce poverty in two economically and culturally different countries, Ghana and Uganda. In both countries rural poverty rates were lowest - and fell most rapidly - for female heads of household engaged in non-farm activities. Participation in non-farm activities increased more rapidly for women, especially married women and female heads of household, than for men. Women were more likely than men to combine agriculture and non-farm activities. In Ghana it was non-farm activities (for which income data are available ) that provided the highest average incomes and the highest shares of income. Bivariate profit analysis of participation shows that in Uganda female heads of household and in Ghana women in general are significantly more likely than men to participate in non-farm activities and less likely to participate in agriculture.
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author Newman, Constance
Canagarajah, Sudharshan
author_facet Newman, Constance
Canagarajah, Sudharshan
author_sort Newman, Constance
title Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda
title_short Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda
title_full Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda
title_fullStr Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda
title_sort gender, poverty, and nonfarm employment in ghana and uganda
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21457
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