Smallholder farmers in low, and middle-income countries face several constraints to technology adoption. The authors test the relative efficacy of programs designed to relax major supply-side, demand-side...
Smallholder farmers in low, and middle-income countries face several constraints to technology adoption. The authors test the relative efficacy of programs designed to relax major supply-side, demand-side...
Gender inequality and restrictive norms are often reinforced and internalized during adolescence, influencing pivotal life choices. This paper presents results from a randomly-assigned gender norms intervention...
There has been renewed interest and effort in recent years to adopt a multisectoral approach to address malnutrition in many countries. The government of Uganda, with technical support from the World Bank...
This paper evaluates a program targeted to adolescent girls in Tanzania that aims to empower them economically as well as socially. The program was found to be highly successful in Uganda in terms of economic...
This brief summarizes the updates from the 2014 paper entitled, Women's Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa, conducted between between June and September 2008 in Uganda...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Empowering adolescent girls : evidence from a randomized control trial in Uganda, conducted in the year between June and...
The productive potential of adolescent girls in Uganda is critically limited by the reciprocal relationship between low health, education and employment indicators. With little incentive to attain relevant...
Nearly 60 percent of Uganda's population is aged below twenty. This generation faces health and economic challenges associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), early pregnancy, and unemployment...