Capturing individual agency—the ability to set goals and act on them—is important for measuring progress towards development goals. Decision-making is often used as a proxy for agency, though there are theoretical critiques of this approach. Using unique data from the rural Philippines, this paper empirically tests the extent to which different aspects of agricultural decision-making […] Source: The Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET)
When Does Decision-Making Reflect Agency? Evidence from the Rural Philippines
Decision-making is often used as a proxy for agency—the ability to set goals and act on them—although there are several theoretical critiques of this approach. Using unique data from the rural Philippines, this paper empirically tests the extent to which different aspects of decision-making are correlated with the Relative Autonomy Index, a measure of agency […] Source: The Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET)
Measuring empowerment across the value chain: The evolution of the project-level Women’s Empowerment Index for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI)
Many development agencies design and implement interventions that aim to reach, benefit, and empower rural women across the value chain in activities ranging from production, to processing, to marketing. Determining whether and how such interventions empower women, as well as the constraints faced by different value chain actors, requires quantitative and qualitative tools. We describe […] Source: Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)
Do ultra-poor graduation programs build resilience against droughts? Evidence from rural Ethiopia
A growing body of evidence now suggests that global warming increases the risk of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and tropical cyclones (Seneviratne et al. 2021), and these shocks often force poor households to consume less or sell valuable assets, worsening their food security and increasing their vulnerability to chronic poverty. These effects […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Recording the Time Divide : A Comparative Study of Smartphone- and Recall-Based Approaches to Time Use Measurement
Based on a randomized survey experiment in Malawi, this study examines how innovative techniques in time use data collection could sidestep measurement concerns with traditional recall-based time use measurement. The experiment assigns random samples of households, and adult men and women within, to one of two treatment arms on time use measurement: a traditional 24-hour […] Source: The Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET)
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