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
Subjects:	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 gender analysis poverty statistics educational level market access
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21457

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Gender, Poverty, and Nonfarm Employment in Ghana and Uganda

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