Children's experiences during early childhood are critical for their cognitive and
socioemotional development, two key dimensions of human capital. However, children from …

This paper reviews the literature on women's land rights (WLR) and poverty reduction. It
uses the Gender, Agriculture and Assets Project (GAAP) conceptual framework to identify …

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses generally focus on intervention impacts or outcomes.
Less common, however, are reviews of the assumptions and theory underlying the pathways …

Cash transfers have become an increasingly important component of social protection
policies in both developed and develo** countries. While such programs are often …

Using a nationally representative survey from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship
between women's empowerment in agriculture, measured using the Women's …

We use household survey data from Nepal to investigate relationships between women's
empowerment in agriculture and production diversity on maternal and child dietary diversity …

This paper documents a positive relationship between maize productivity in western Kenya
and women's empowerment in agriculture, measured using indicators derived from the …

Many key development outcomes depend on women s ability to negotiate favorable
intrahousehold allocations of resources. Yet it has been difficult to clearly identify which …

Women's economic empowerment is an essential component of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals. Not only is it an end in itself but it has further been …

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty by making welfare
programs conditional upon the receivers' actions. That is, the government only transfers the …