Gender analysis of wholesale smoked-fish marketing in Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria

Submitted by Agha Inya on
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The study investigated gender in wholesale smoked-fish marketing in Kanji Lake Basin, Nigeria. Specifically, the study identified roles of  individual actors in fish marketing, determined the profitability of fish marketing, analyzed the marketing efficiencies and estimated gaps  in the fish marketing chain. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 60 wholesale smoked-fish marketers from 13  communities. Primary data were collected from wholesale smoke-fish marketers using an interview schedule.

Agriculture, Gender

Women’s empowerment in agrifood governance (WEAGov) assessment framework: A pilot study in Nigeria

Submitted by Agha Inya on

Women’s equal participation and leadership in political and public life can boost a country’s long-run economic growth, foster social inclusion, and help countries reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Beyond these important outcomes, women’s inclusion in public life is a basic human right: women deserve a role in making decisions, controlling resources, and shaping policies. Despite the importance of women’s voices and their empowerment in policy and decision-making processes, it is far easier to lament their absence than to define and measure them.

Gender

Decision-making within the household: The role of division of labor and differences in preferences

Submitted by Mark Senanu Ku… on

We use a field experiment to identify how differences in preferences and spousal influence result in low willingness to pay (WTP) for technologies that can benefit all household members. We create income-earning opportunities to empower households and conduct an actual stove purchase experiment to elicit their WTP for fuel, time, and indoor air pollution-reducing improved cookstoves. The decision to buy the stove was randomly assigned to either wives, husbands, or couples using either individually or jointly earned income.

Gender

The Gendered Crisis: Livelihoods and Well-Being in India During COVID-19

Submitted by Ishita Datta on
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This article studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among urban informal-sector workers in Delhi, India. First, the study finds that men’s employment declined by 84 percentage points during the pandemic relative to pre-pandemic employment, while their monthly earnings fell by 89 percent relative to the baseline mean. In contrast, women did not experience any significant impact on employment during pandemic.

Gender, Health

The gendered effects of climate change: Evidence from droughts in rural India

Submitted by Ishita Datta on

In contrast to previous research, which suggests that women's employment rises during negative household income shocks in low-income economies, the findings in this study, reveal that, despite an increased likelihood of seeking work due to aggregate income shocks, women's employment may not rise if their labor mobility is constrained. Moreover, the impact of climatic shocks may be enduring. The cross-sectional analysis indicates that gender disparities in non-farm employment and migration are more pronounced in villages exposed to higher risks from rainfall variability.

Climate Change, Gender

Remittances and labour allocation decisions at communities of origin: the case of rural Mexico

Submitted by Mark Senanu Ku… on

From a theoretical perspective, the effect that remittances have on the labour decisions of those that receive them is ambiguous; the empirical evidence reported in the literature is mixed and shows, unsurprisingly, that the net effect of remittances on labour supply is context-dependent. We contribute to this literature by using a detailed data set for rural Mexico that allows us to understand how remittances reshape rural livelihoods by modifying labour allocation decisions. Following previous evidence, we analyse female and male responses separately.

Gender

Sustainable Nordic cities with focus on climate smart mobility

Submitted by Mark Senanu Ku… on
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The project - Sustainable Nordic Cities with Focus on Climate-Smart Mobility - aims to contribute to sustainable urban development by supporting the transition to fossil-free transport and accessibility in Nordic cities and urban regions. The potential to organise the Nordic society to be more transport-efficient is significant, and the remaining transports must become increasingly fossil-free.

Climate Change, Urban