How do women fare in rural non-farm economy? (English)

This paper studies the gender-based differences in access to and return from economic activities in the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) using panel datasets from Uganda and Ethiopia. The results show that female headed households have limited access to paid employment and self-employment in the sector, particularly in some industries. These households also earn lower returns from RNFE than male-headed households, and the gross return gap is much higher...
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Fuje,Habtamu Neda.

How do women fare in rural non-farm economy? (English). Poverty and Equity Global Practice Working Paper Series|no. 108 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/151991524635528595

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