In recent years, a number of randomized evaluations have been carried out to investigate the promotion of savings interventions.
This brief shares findings from the research with an aim to inform policy responses by decision-makers in SSA working on women’s empowerment, governance, and democratic institutions.
Reducing child undernutrition is a global development goal. To move towards this goal, a better understanding of the determinants of adverse nutritional outcomes such as stunted growth or being underweight is helpful.
Enhancing women’s labor force participation is an important way to promote women's empowerment and improve their well-being and the well-being of their children.
Many women have taken on new roles in agricultural production due to significant male outmigration from many rural areas for work in neighbouring countries and the Gulf states.
The formation of a critical mass or expert group around the issue of gender and work necessitates a process for action towards this stated goal. As this is an evaluation of a project in progress, it focuses on the process aspect of the program.
The GRACE 2 Project built on the work of GRACE 1 (Gender Research in Arab Countries into ICTs for Empowerment); the regional scope expanded to include the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region bringing the total number of teams to twenty-one.
The RUAF Foundation is an international network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food security; The RUAF-FStT programme builds on the RUAF-Cities Farming for the Future (CFF) programme.