Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.creator.identifierAgnes Quisumbing: 0000-0002-5429-1857en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Divisionen
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Nancy L.en
dc.contributor.authorKovarik, Chiaraen
dc.contributor.authorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.en
dc.contributor.authorNjuki, Jemimahen
dc.contributor.authorQuisumbing, Agnes R.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:49:22Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:49:22Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149441
dc.titleGender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projectsen
dcterms.abstractOwnership of assets is important for poverty alleviation, and women’s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate gender and assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions. This paper synthesizes the findings of eight mixed-method evaluations of the impacts of agricultural development projects on individual and household assets in seven countries in Africa and South Asia. The results show that assets both affect and are affected by projects, indicating that it is both feasible and important to consider assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of agricultural development projects. All projects were associated with increases in asset levels and other benefits at the household level; however, only four projects documented significant, positive impacts in women’s ownership or control of assets relative to a control group, and of those only one project provided evidence of a reduction in the gender asset gap. The quantitative and qualitative findings suggest ways that greater attention to gender and assets by researchers and development implementers could improve outcomes for women in future projects.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJohnson, Nancy L.; Kovarik, Chiara; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Njuki, Jemimah and Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2015. Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1436. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149441en
dcterms.extent36 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2015-04-15en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151222en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151226en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149731en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/CAPRiWP115en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134478en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134482en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151427en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.01.009en
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/68523en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/129108en
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectpoverty alleviationen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectevaluationen
dcterms.subjectproperty rightsen
dcterms.subjectassetsen
dcterms.subjectownershipen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.subjectimpact assessmenten
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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