Working Paper

• Equality and inequality
• Food security
• Life expectancy

Working Paper

The objective of this paper is to develop a Model that integrates the biologically determined human need for food energy and the economic activity (most) people Bust engage in to be able to eat. The optimal work effort and the optimal body size of...

• Food security
• International agencies
• Women

Blog

by Finn Tarp March 2016

International Women’s Day on 8th March 2016 is a time to celebrate. It is also a time for reflection. We must constantly remind ourselves that while...

• Economic assistance and foreign aid
• Equality and inequality
• Women

Working Paper

The paucity of non-agricultural paid employment, and under utilization of female labour in Uganda, and other sub-Saharan African countries, is often seen to be the next major obstacle to further poverty reduction and development in the region...

• Human fertility
• Health
• Labour supply

Working Paper

• Discrimination in employment
• Economic assistance and foreign aid
• Economic development

Working Paper

The urbanization process is frequently shaped by prevailing constructions of gender. The recognition of this phenomenon is vital both in diagnosis and policy terms. This paper aims at illustrating the importance of gender in three major related...

• Economic development
• Households
• Policy sciences

Journal Article

This contribution studies the provision of fringe benefits using a unique survey of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. Analysis of the survey reveals that women who own SMEs are more likely than men who own similar firms to provide...

• Business enterprises
• Labour contracts
• Small business

Working Paper

The paper discusses some of the social and historical factors behind the evolution of contemporary women's organizations in Algeria. The paper states that the women question was never a priority. Yet, since the late 1980s, women became advocates of...

• Nonprofit organizations
• Social movement
• Women

Working Paper

• Education
• Labour market
• Women

Working Paper

• Labour
• Post-communism
• Privatization

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid for Gender Equality and Development

• Equality and inequality
• Land tenure
• Women

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid for Gender Equality and Development

• Economic assistance and foreign aid
• Education
• Women

Working Paper

This paper explores the nature of collective action and group behaviour through a case study of a highly successful political organization of poorer sex workers in Calcutta. The paper asks: What stimulated the participation of sex workers in their...

• Group decision making
• Nonprofit organizations
• Organizational behavior

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid for Gender Equality and Development

• Economic assistance and foreign aid
• Economic development
• Women

Working Paper

This paper examines group functioning in the management of common pool resources, such as forests. In recent years community forestry groups have mushroomed in South Asia. But how participative, equitable and efficient are they? Many have done well...

• Cost effectiveness
• Equality and inequality
• Forests and forestry

Book Chapter

From the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2. Marriage is the single most important contractual arrangement youth in North Africa undertake as they navigate their transition to adulthood. Despite its importance in shaping subsequent...

• Families
• Game theory
• Economic power