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Contents Preface vii 1. The Importance of Gender and Intrahousehold Research Informing Projects and Policies 1 The Importance of Households in Influencing the Allocation of Resources and Development Interventions 4 An Overview of IFPRI?s Gender and Intrahousehold Research Program 9 General Findings from IFPRI?s Research Program 11 Using the Project and Policy Cycles as Frameworks for Incorporating Gender Research 16 Organization of the Guide 24 2. Gender and Intrahousehold Aspects of Food Policy: Research Findings for Development Projects 27 Addressing Gender in Needs Assessment and Problem Definition 27 Addressing Gender in Project Design 42 Addressing Gender in Project Implementation and Monitoring 58 Addressing Gender Issues in Evaluation 60 3. Weaving Gender Research into Project Design and Public Policy: Implications of the Research Results 69 Implications of Gender Research for Project Managers 69 Implications of Gender Research for Policymakers 79 Appendix 85 References 155 Tables Tables 1 Information needs for integrating gender and intrahousehold information in the project cycle 17 2 Using IFPRI?s intrahousehold research findings in development projects 25 3 Poverty profiles for male-headed (MHH) and female-headed households (FHH) and males and females, based on the 33rd percentile consumption per equivalent adult of the combined distribution 31 4 Women?s status, by country and region (countries with lower rank have lower women?s status) 33 5 Assets at marriage and human capital of husband and wife 34 6 Distribution of land inheritance between males and females, parent and child generations 36 7 The impact of VFC participation on head male and female time, by the number of children age 0-4.9 years 48 8 Characteristics of families using the Hogares Comunitarios Program compared to families from the random sample 57 9 Use of qualitative techniques for collecting different blocks of data 67 Appendix Table Appendix Table 1 Sample size and survey data collected 153 Figures Figure 1 Project life cycle 19 Figure 2 Research and the policymaking process 22 Boxes 1 The nature of gender differences 1 2 The costs of doing gender research: Is it worth it? 3 3 Technology adoption, by male and female farmers 7 4 11 5 Farming systems and gender roles 28 6 IFPRI?s evaluation of PROGRESA in Mexico 63 7 Methods for operational evaluation of the Hogares Comunitarios Program in Guatemala 64 8 Methodology for the Impact Evaluation of Hogares Comunitarios Program in Guatemala 65 9 Using quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate agricultural technologies in Bangladesh 66
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Women in development -- Developing countries.
Food supply -- Developing countries.
Economic development projects -- Developing countries.