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Gender Innovation Lab Two Heads are Better Than One : Agricultural Production and Investment in Côte d’Ivoire

Increasing agricultural productivity and investment is critical to reducing poverty, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture remains the dominant income-generating activity. One potential way to promote investment and improve the effi...

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Main Authors: Donald, Aletheia, Goldstein, Markus, Rouane, Léa
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT
DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION IMPACT EVALUATION
GENDER GAP
CLOSE GENDER GAPS
GENDER INEQUITY IN AFRICA
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
GENDER EQUALITY POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
SUBSIDIZED RUBBER SEEDLINGS
RUBBER PLANTATION PRODUCTIVITY
FEMALE AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT
HOUSEHOLD FARM PRODUCTION
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099701306072222675/IDU0274c6fde0eb990401e0b82d04f10a8d79f8d
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37550
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Summary:Increasing agricultural productivity and investment is critical to reducing poverty, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture remains the dominant income-generating activity. One potential way to promote investment and improve the efficiency of household farm production is to empower women as co-managers and facilitate the coordination of production decisions within the family. The authors test this approach in Côte d’Ivoire through a couples training delivered to rubber producers, and find that including women in economic planning improved the efficiency of household farm production and promoted higher levels of investment.

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