Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers

Most women farmers in developing countries engage in subsistence agriculture. Previous research highlights a variety of barriers hindering women’s ability to participate in the production and marketing of cash crops, which though riskier can be muc...

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Main Authors:	Montalvao, Joao, Frese, Michael, Goldstein, Markus, Kilic, Talip
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	GENDER FARMERS FEMALE AGRICULTURE CULTIVATION WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/939081499853597427/Soft-skills-for-hard-constraints-evidence-from-high-achieving-female-farmers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27952

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spelling	okr-10986-279522021-05-25T10:54:43Z Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers Montalvao, Joao Frese, Michael Goldstein, Markus Kilic, Talip GENDER FARMERS FEMALE AGRICULTURE CULTIVATION WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB Most women farmers in developing countries engage in subsistence agriculture. Previous research highlights a variety of barriers hindering women’s ability to participate in the production and marketing of cash crops, which though riskier can be much more profitable. A study by the World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab, the Living Standards Measurement Study and Methods Team, and the National University of Singapore Business School, provides evidence that noncognitive entrepreneurial skills, such as the will to persevere, optimism, and passion for work play a decisive role – even more so in communities where women face greater constraints to their economic empowerment. Overall, the authors findings complement the growing literature in psychology and economics documenting the importance of noncognitive skills in determining important economic outcomes. For more information visit us at: http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/africa-gender-innovation-lab. 2017-08-24T18:48:02Z 2017-08-24T18:48:02Z 2017-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/939081499853597427/Soft-skills-for-hard-constraints-evidence-from-high-achieving-female-farmers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27952 English en_US Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 20 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa
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description	Most women farmers in developing countries engage in subsistence agriculture. Previous research highlights a variety of barriers hindering women’s ability to participate in the production and marketing of cash crops, which though riskier can be much more profitable. A study by the World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab, the Living Standards Measurement Study and Methods Team, and the National University of Singapore Business School, provides evidence that noncognitive entrepreneurial skills, such as the will to persevere, optimism, and passion for work play a decisive role – even more so in communities where women face greater constraints to their economic empowerment. Overall, the authors findings complement the growing literature in psychology and economics documenting the importance of noncognitive skills in determining important economic outcomes. For more information visit us at: http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/africa-gender-innovation-lab.
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author	Montalvao, Joao Frese, Michael Goldstein, Markus Kilic, Talip
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title	Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers
title_short	Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers
title_full	Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers
title_fullStr	Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers
title_full_unstemmed	Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers
title_sort	soft skills for hard constraints : evidence from high-achieving female farmers
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/939081499853597427/Soft-skills-for-hard-constraints-evidence-from-high-achieving-female-farmers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27952
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Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers

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