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Network formation through a gender lens: insights from rural Nicaragua [PDF]
, 2011 This paper examines the relation between gender and network formation in rural Nicaragua. Applying dyadic regression techniques and controlling for individual socio-economic characteristics, we obtain insights into the determinants of the size and ...
D'Exelle, Ben, Holvoet, Nathalie
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Voices from the margins: ‘Black’ Caribbean and Mexican heritage women educators in the rural south
, 2005 This paper explores the ways in which immigrant and migrant women educators in the rural South understand and construct narratives of their lives. The ‘Black’ Caribbean and Mexican heritage women educators in this study experience and interpret events ...
Beck, Scott, Gilpin, Lorraine
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
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Civil protective orders effective in stopping or reducing partner violence: challenges remain in rural areas with access and enforcement [PDF]
, 2011 Civil protective orders are a low cost, effective solution in either stopping or significantly reducing partner violence for women. While all women benefit from civil protective orders, this brief finds there are greater obstacles to enforcement in rural
Logan, T. K., Walker, Robert
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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Social InclusionIn recent years, the popularity of short videos has provided rural women in China with an unprecedented opportunity for self‐presentation and engagement with the outside world, enabling them to articulate their own narratives with authenticity. On Douyin,
Minghao Bai, Rafael Ventura
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The Entrepreneurial Spirit of Rural Women:An Example from Iran [PDF]
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2017 This study aimed to investigate the personality characteristics related to entrepreneurial spirit of rural women. The statistical population of the study included rural women in the central district of Nimrooz County in Sistan and Baluchistan ...
Zeinab Sharifi
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Factors affecting rural women economic empowerment in Wolaita Ethiopia
Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023 Empowering rural women economically helps to ensure gender equality, the well-being of nation and the basic needs of a family. This study was conducted to figure out factors affecting rural women economic empowerment endeavors of development ...
Berhanu Kuma, Abebech Godana
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Cognitive change in women's empowerment in rural Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2010 Rural women in Bangladesh have limited access to resources and public spheres due to socio-cultural restrictions. Women suffer from severe discrimination, due partly to a lack of access to information. Information and communication and technologies (ICT)
Armarego, J., Laizu, Z., Sudweeks, F.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah +4 more
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