Women’s Non-Farm Employment in Nepal : A Landscape Review of Organizations and Interventions (English)

Agriculture generates one-third of Nepal`s GDP and employs nearly 70 percent of the population. Rural women have become increasingly engaged in agriculture over the past decade as many men left Nepal to find higher paying jobs. Currently, 80 percent of Nepalese women work in agriculture, mostly in low-return subsistence work, compared to 59 percent of men. Expanding non-farm employment (NFE) in Nepal is important for reducing excess farm labor, economic...

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Sharma Basnet,Bipina;

Livani,Talajeh;

Raza,Amna;

Haddock,Sarah Elizabeth;

Sharma,Jaya;

Reyes,Hiska Noemi;

Orlando,Maria Beatriz;
Document Date
2021/01/21
Document Type
Report
Report Number
156102
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Nepal,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2021/01/25
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Women’s Non-Farm Employment in Nepal : A Landscape Review of Organizations and Interventions

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Sharma Basnet,Bipina; Livani,Talajeh; Raza,Amna; Haddock,Sarah Elizabeth; Sharma,Jaya; Reyes,Hiska Noemi; Orlando,Maria Beatriz.

Women’s Non-Farm Employment in Nepal : A Landscape Review of Organizations and Interventions (English). SARTFP Gender Platform Knowledge Series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880741611555598446

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