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Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)

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  • Malapit, Hazel
  • Quisumbing, Agnes
  • Meinzen-Dick, Ruth
  • Seymour, Greg
  • Martinez, Elena M.
  • Heckert, Jessica
  • Rubin, Deborah
  • Vaz, Ana
  • Yount, Kathryn M.

Abstract

With growing commitment to women’s empowerment by agricultural development agencies, sound methods and indicators to measure women’s empowerment are needed to learn which types of projects or project-implementation strategies do and do not work to empower women. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), which has been widely used, requires adaptation to meet the need for monitoring projects and assessing their impacts.

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  • Malapit, Hazel & Quisumbing, Agnes & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Seymour, Greg & Martinez, Elena M. & Heckert, Jessica & Rubin, Deborah & Vaz, Ana & Yount, Kathryn M., 2019. "Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 675-692.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:122:y:2019:i:c:p:675-692
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.06.018
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