The Food Research Institute`s Research Program
Author: Stanford University. Food Research Institute
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 8
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Author: Stanford University. Food Research Institute
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 8
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stanford University. Food Research Institute
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Food research institute (Stanford, Calif.).
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 40
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 8
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mara van den Bold
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 80
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany development programs that aim to alleviate poverty and improve investments in human capital consider womens empowerment a key pathway by which to achieve impact and often target women as their main beneficiaries. Despite this, womens empowerment dimensions are often not rigorously measured and are at times merely assumed. This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of womens empowerment and then reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then proceeds to review the evidence of the impact of three types of interventionscash transfer programs, agricultural interventions, and microfinance programson womens empowerment, nutrition, or both. Qualitative evidence on conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs generally points to positive impacts on womens empowerment, although quantitative research findings are more heterogenous. CCT programs produce mixed results on long-term nutritional status, and very limited evidence exists of their impacts on micronutrient status. The little evidence available on unconditional cash transters (UCT) indicates mixed impacts on womens empowerment and positive impacts on nutrition; however, recent reviews comparing CCT and UCT programs have found little difference in terms of their effects on stunting and they have found that conditionality is less important than other factors, such as access to healthcare and child age and sex. Evidence of cash transfer program impacts depending on the gender of the transfer recipient or on the conditionality is also mixed, although CCTs with non-health conditionalities seem to have negative impacts on nutritional status. The impacts of programs based on the gender of the transfer recipient show mixed results, but almost no experimental evidence exists of testing gender-differentiated impacts of a single program. Agricultural interventionsspecifically home gardening and dairy projectsshow mixed impacts on womens empowerment measures such as time, workload, and control over income; but they demonstrate very little impact on nutrition. Implementation modalities are shown to determine differential impacts in terms of empowerment and nutrition outcomes. With regard to the impact of microfinance on womens empowerment, evidence is also mixed, although more recent reviews do not find any impact on womens empowerment. The impact of microfinance on nutritional status is mixed, with no evidence of impact on micronutrient status. Across all three types of programs (cash transfer programs, agricultural interventions, and microfinance programs), very little evidence exists on pathways of impact, and evidence is often biased toward a particular region. The paper ends with a discussion of the findings and remaining evidence gaps and an outline of recommendations for research.
Author: Stanford University. Food Research Institute
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 43
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alwang, Jeffrey
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2002-12-23
Total Pages: 94
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study examines the contributions of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) between 1993 and 2001 to analysis, outreach, capacity building, and training related to the role of rural finance in poverty reduction. The IFPRI multicountry research project on Rural Finance Policies for Food Security for the Poor involved data-intensive research by more than 14 research fellows on the impacts of access to rural financial services in countries. This report examines the contribution of the program within four countries where microfinance research and outreach activities were conducted and its contribution to global knowledge about rural finance and food security....It addresses issues of critical importance: (1) does microfinance have an impact on the poor, and is this impact achieved through better risk management as well as increased income generation?, (2) does the structure of financial service providers matter in supporting this impact?, and (3) how can the microfinance industry be made more sustainable?.... Malawi, Bangladesh, Ghana and Nepal were selected for analysis of research impacts." -- taken from Authors' Abstract.
Author: Food Assistance & Nutrition Research (Program : U.S.)
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 78
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Food Research Institute (CSIR, South Africa)
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 17
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