Els Lecoutere

Research output

Working papers

1. Farnworth, Cathy Rozel & Lecoutere, Els & Galiè, Alessandra & Van Campenhout, Bjorn & Elias, Marlène & Ihalainen, Markus & Roeven, Lara & Bharati, Preeti & Valencia, Ana Maria Paez & Crossland, Mary, 2021. "Methodologies for researching feminisation of agriculture what do they tell us?," IFPRI discussion papers 2077, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
   • Cathy Rozel Farnworth & Els Lecoutere & Alessandra Galiè & Bjorn Van Campenhout & Marlène Elias & Markus Ihalainen & Lara Roeven & Preeti Bharati & Ana Maria Paez Valencia & Mary Crossland & Barbara, 2023. "Methodologies for Researching Feminization of Agriculture: What Do They Tell Us?," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 23(3), pages 294-316, July.
2. Spielman, David J. & Lecoutere, Els & Makhija, Simrin & Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2021. "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and agricultural extension in developing countries," Other briefs 1290142954, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
   • David Spielman & Els Lecoutere & Simrin Makhija & Bjorn Van Campenhout, 2021. "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Agricultural Extension in Developing Countries," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 13(1), pages 177-201, October.
3. Lecoutere, Els & Chu, Lan, 2021. "Changing intrahousehold decision making to empower women in their households: a mixed methods analysis of a field experiment in rural south-west Tanzania," IOB Discussion Papers 2021.06, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
4. Van Campenhout, Bjorn & Lecoutere, Els & Spielman, David J., 2021. "Bragging, shirking, and hiding: Spousal disagreement among Ugandan maize farmers," IFPRI discussion papers 2019, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
5. Gelagay, Megos Desalegne & Lecoutere, Els, 2019. "Did conditional cash transfers in the Productive Safety Net Program empower women in Tigray, north-east Ethiopia?," IOB Discussion Papers 2019.01, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
6. Lecoutere, Els & Spielman, David J. & Campenhout, Bjorn Van, 2019. "Empowering women with digital extension in Uganda: Effects of information and role models," 2019 Sixth International Conference, September 23-26, 2019, Abuja, Nigeria 295694, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
7. Lecoutere, Els & Spielman, David J. & Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2019. "Women’s empowerment, agricultural extension, and digitalization: Disentangling information and role model effects in rural Uganda," IFPRI discussion papers 1889, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
   • Lecoutere, Els & Spielman, David J. & Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2020. "Women’s empowerment, agricultural extension, and digitalization: Disentangling information and role-model effects in rural Uganda," Project notes March 2020, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
8. Lecoutere, Els & Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2018. "Joint forces: the impact of intrahousehold cooperation on welfare in East African agricultural households," IOB Working Papers 2018.11, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
   • Els Lecoutere & Bjorn Van Campenhout, 2023. "Joint Forces: The Impact of Intrahousehold Cooperation on Welfare in East African Agricultural Households," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 266-297, January.
9. Van Campenhout, B. & Spielman, D. & Lecoutere, E., 2018. "The Role of Gender in ICT-mediated Agricultural Information Campaigns," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277438, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
10. Van Campenhout, Bjorn & Spielman, David J. & Lecoutere, Els, 2018. "Information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide agricultural advice to smallholder farmers: Experimental evidence from Uganda," IFPRI discussion papers 1778, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
11. Lecoutere, Els, 2018. "Making spouses cooperate in Ugandan agricultural households: experimental evidence of distributional treatment effects," IOB Working Papers 2018.06, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
12. Lecoutere, Els, 2018. "Improving intrahousehold cooperation for efficient smallholder farming: a field experiment in central Uganda," IOB Working Papers 2018.07, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
13. Lecoutere, E., 2018. "Making spouses cooperate in rural Ugandan households Experimental evidence of distributional treatment effects," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277160, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
14. Lecoutere, Els, 2018. "Monitoring changes in intrahousehold decision-making and evaluating its impact: a toolkit," IOB Analyses & Policy Briefs 28, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
15. Lecoutere, Els & Wuyts, Eva, 2017. "Confronting the wall of patriarchy: does participatory intrahousehold decision-making empower women in agricultural households?," IOB Working Papers 2017.13, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
    • Els Lecoutere & Eva Wuyts, 2021. "Confronting the Wall of Patriarchy: Does Participatory Intrahousehold Decision Making Empower Women in Agricultural Households?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(6), pages 882-905, June.
16. Lecoutere, Els & Jassogne, Laurence, 2016. ""We're in this together": Changing intra-household decision making for more cooperative smallholder farming," IOB Working Papers 2016.02, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
17. D'Exelle, Ben & Lecoutere, Els & Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2011. "Trading in turbulent times: Smallholder maize marketing in the southern highlands, Tanzania," IFPRI discussion papers 1099, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
18. Ben D'Exelle & Els Lecoutere & Bjorn Van Campenhout, 2010. "Social status and bargaining when resources are scarce: Evidence from a field lab experiment," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS) 10-09, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
19. Els Lecoutere & Ben D’Exelle & Bjorn Van Campenhout, 2010. "Who Engages in Water Scarcity Conflicts? A Field Experiment with Irrigators in Semi-arid Africa," Research Working Papers 31, MICROCON - A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict.
20. Els Lecoutere, 2010. "Institutions Under Construction: Resolving Resource Conflicts in Tanzanian Irrigation Schemes," Research Working Papers 23, MICROCON - A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict.
21. Els Lecoutere & Kristof Titeca, 2007. "The Opec Boys and the political economy of smuggling in northern Uganda," HiCN Working Papers 36, Households in Conflict Network.

Articles

1. Els Lecoutere & Lan Chu, 2024. "Supporting women's empowerment by changing intra‐household decision‐making: A mixed‐methods analysis of a field experiment in rural south‐west Tanzania," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 42(3), May.
2. Lecoutere, Els & van den Berg, Marrit & de Brauw, Alan, 2023. "Changes in women’s empowerment in the household, women’s diet diversity, and their relationship against the background of COVID-19 in southern Bangladesh," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
3. Lecoutere, Els & Spielman, David J. & Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2023. "Empowering women through targeting information or role models: Evidence from an experiment in agricultural extension in Uganda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 167(C).
4. Cathy Rozel Farnworth & Els Lecoutere & Alessandra Galiè & Bjorn Van Campenhout & Marlène Elias & Markus Ihalainen & Lara Roeven & Preeti Bharati & Ana Maria Paez Valencia & Mary Crossland & Barbara, 2023. "Methodologies for Researching Feminization of Agriculture: What Do They Tell Us?," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 23(3), pages 294-316, July.
   • Farnworth, Cathy Rozel & Lecoutere, Els & Galiè, Alessandra & Van Campenhout, Bjorn & Elias, Marlène & Ihalainen, Markus & Roeven, Lara & Bharati, Preeti & Valencia, Ana Maria Paez & Crossland, Mary, 2021. "Methodologies for researching feminisation of agriculture what do they tell us?," IFPRI discussion papers 2077, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
5. Bjorn Van Campenhout & Els Lecoutere & David J. Spielman, 2023. "Hiding or Pleasing: Spousal Disagreement Among Ugandan Maize Farmers," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(1), pages 39-57, January.
6. Els Lecoutere & Bjorn Van Campenhout, 2023. "Joint Forces: The Impact of Intrahousehold Cooperation on Welfare in East African Agricultural Households," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 266-297, January.
   • Lecoutere, Els & Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2018. "Joint forces: the impact of intrahousehold cooperation on welfare in East African agricultural households," IOB Working Papers 2018.11, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
7. Bethelihem Gebre Alwab & Els Lecoutere & Nicola Jones, 2022. "Adolescents’ capabilities and aspirations across gender and generations in Amhara, Ethiopia," Journal of Eastern African Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(3), pages 472-494, July.
8. Bjorn Van Campenhout & David J. Spielman & Els Lecoutere, 2021. "Information and Communication Technologies to Provide Agricultural Advice to Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Uganda," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(1), pages 317-337, January.
9. Karimli, Leyla & Lecoutere, Els & Wells, Christine R. & Ismayilova, Leyla, 2021. "More assets, more decision-making power? Mediation model in a cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of the graduation program on women's empowerment in Burkina Faso," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
10. Els Lecoutere & Eva Wuyts, 2021. "Confronting the Wall of Patriarchy: Does Participatory Intrahousehold Decision Making Empower Women in Agricultural Households?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(6), pages 882-905, June.
    • Lecoutere, Els & Wuyts, Eva, 2017. "Confronting the wall of patriarchy: does participatory intrahousehold decision-making empower women in agricultural households?," IOB Working Papers 2017.13, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
11. David Spielman & Els Lecoutere & Simrin Makhija & Bjorn Van Campenhout, 2021. "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Agricultural Extension in Developing Countries," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 13(1), pages 177-201, October.
    • Spielman, David J. & Lecoutere, Els & Makhija, Simrin & Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2021. "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and agricultural extension in developing countries," Other briefs 1290142954, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
12. Els Lecoutere & Laurence Jassogne, 2019. "Fairness and Efficiency in Smallholder Farming: The Relation with Intrahousehold Decision-Making," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(1), pages 57-82, January.
13. Els Lecoutere, 2016. "Participatory gender-responsive monitoring of women land rights: empowering and smart," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(7), pages 960-968, October.
14. Bjorn Van Campenhout & Ben D'Exelle & Els Lecoutere, 2015. "Equity–Efficiency Optimizing Resource Allocation: The Role of Time Preferences in a Repeated Irrigation Game," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 77(2), pages 234-253, April.
15. Bjorn Van Campenhout & Els Lecoutere & Ben D'Exelle, 2015. "Inter-Temporal and Spatial Price Dispersion Patterns and the Well-Being of Maize Producers in Southern Tanzania," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 24(2), pages 230-253.
16. Els Lecoutere & Ben D'Exelle & Bjorn Van Campenhout, 2015. "Sharing Common Resources in Patriarchal and Status-Based Societies: Evidence from Tanzania," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(3), pages 142-167, July.
17. Ben D'Exelle & Bjorn van Campenhout & Els Lecoutere, 2012. "Modernisation and Time Preferences in Tanzania: Evidence from a Large-Scale Elicitation Exercise," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(4), pages 564-580, April.
18. D’Exelle, Ben & Lecoutere, Els & Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2012. "Equity-Efficiency Trade-Offs in Irrigation Water Sharing: Evidence from a Field Lab in Rural Tanzania," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 40(12), pages 2537-2551.

Chapters

1. Bryan, Elizabeth & Magalhaes, Marilia & Puskur, Ranjitha & Haan, Nicoline C. de & Lecoutere, Els & Malapit, Hazel J., 2025. "What do we know about the future of gender equality in relation to food system transformation?," IFPRI book chapters, in: What do we know about the future of food systems?, chapter 4, pages p. 22-27, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).