Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project

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*** UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2 WITH NEW FAQ DOCUMENT *** The GAAP team at IFPRI has some exciting news to share! The International Food Policy Research Institute has received a second round of support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to adapt and validate a measure of women’s empowerment that agricultural development projects can use >> Read more

New Report: Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment

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A new report, Measuring Women's Economic Empowerment, was recently released by the United Nations Foundation and the ExxonMobil Foundation. It summarizes recommendations to assess intermediate, direct, and final outcomes of programs targeting women's economic empowerment. This report is meant as a companion to an earlier report, A Roadmap for Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment. In addition, two complementary >> Read more

Technical Guide now available!

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The GAAP team is happy to announce the release of our new technical guide! This new guide, Reducing the Gender Asset Gap Through Agricultural Development, explains the importance of assets - both tangible assets such as land, labor, and animals and intangible assets such as education, financial capital, and social networks - for development, and the >> Read more