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Using Evidence and Operational Responses to Accelerate Gender Equality in Kenya

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  • Åsa Torkelsson

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Agriculture is a main contributor to pro-poor growth in Africa, but gender inequalities in the sector hold back agricultural growth and affect household welfare negatively. The sector has been characterized by a lack of gender-disaggregated data and patchy gender-integration in policies and operational responses. To remedy this, the World Bank (WB) and the Government of Kenya (GoK) integrated gender in a pronounced way in the design and implementation of the Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP).

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  • Åsa Torkelsson, 2014. "Using Evidence and Operational Responses to Accelerate Gender Equality in Kenya," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-024, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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