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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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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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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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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Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda |
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Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda |
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Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda |
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Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda |
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Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda |
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gender, poverty, and nonfarm employment in ghana and uganda |
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