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  Economics:Small Enterprises

  BRIDGE, 1999

  The development of women's micro and small enterprises is receiving increased attention from government donor agencies and international NGOs. Poor men and women often face many of the same barriers to starting a small business: non- ownership of land, lack of transport to reach markets, inability to access credit. The constraints on women, however, go beyond poverty.
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  Estudio Evaluativo Participativo de G?nero

  1998

  This document evaluates the progress of gender work in the agrarian sector in Peru. It mainly focuses on a project called PRONAMACHCS (Proyecto Nacional de Manejo de Cuencas y Conservaci¢n de Suelos - National project for soil conservation and basin management).
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  Better Rich or Better There? Grandparent Wealth, Coresidence, and Intrahousehold Allocation

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 1997

  In much of the developing world, extended family household structures are more common than nuclear families. This paper examines the effect of family background over two generations on investments in children (education and land) in the rural Philippines.
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  Gender Equality and Investments in Adolescents in the Rural Philippines

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998

  Adolescents will constitute one fifth of the total population of the Philippines by 2010. Despite the fact that they receive a large share of household resources, adolescents have been relatively neglected in intra- household allocation research.
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  Gender Responsive Land Tenure Development

  BRIDGE, 1999

  What can development cooperation do to improve gender-responsiveness of land tenure development' Central to this objective is the mainstreaming of gender considerations into all areas (macro, meso and micro levels) of development cooperation which influence access to, control over, and benefits from land.
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  Women and the Law in Southern Africa

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danida, Denmark, 1999

  Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust (WLSA) is a project that combines legal research with legal activism for women's rights in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. WLSA's efforts to improve women's legal situation has meant doing extensive research in understanding the struggles of Southern African women. This booklet is the result of a collaborative research project.
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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 2: Poverty Reduction Strategies

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1995

  What is the relationship between poverty and gender disadvantage' In this issue of 'Development and Gender in Brief' current poverty reduction strategies are reviewed from a gender perspective. Studies have suggested that targeting resources to poor women through credit and employment schemes is not sufficient, in itself, to bring lasting benefits and may reinforce existing gender inequalities.
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  Meeting Information Needs on Gender Issues in Inland and Small Water Body Fisheries

  1994

  What kind of information is needed to incorporate gender issues in fisheries planning' How can this information be obtained' Based on experiences in Eastern and Southern Africa, this paper provides guidelines for inland fisheries planners on incorporating gender into their work.
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  Gender Budget Initiative: Background Papers

  Commonwealth Secretariat, 1999

  At face value, budgets appear to be gender-neutral policy instruments. In reality, they are gender-blind because they ignore the different roles, responsibilities and capabilities of men and women, hence have a different impact on both groups.
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  Tools for Gender Analysis of the National Budget

  Commonwealth Secretariat, 1999

  Action is required at three levels in order to incorporate gender considerations into public expenditure decisions. Policy tools should be applied, gender-disaggregated data must be used, and dialogue needs to be strengthened. This set of technical tools aims to meet the first level and assist in gender- sensitisation of the national budgetary process.

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