Soft skills for hard constraints : evidence from high-achieving female farmers (English)

Most women farmers in developing countries engage in subsistence agriculture. Previous research highlights a variety of barriers hindering women’s ability to participate in the production and marketing of cash crops, which though riskier can be much more profitable. A study by the World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab, the Living Standards Measurement Study and Methods Team, and the National University of Singapore Business School, provides evidence...

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Frese,Michael Dr.;

Goldstein,Markus P.;

Kilic,Talip;

Montalvao,Joao;
Document Date
2017/07/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
117351
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/07/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Soft skills for hard constraints : evidence from high-achieving female farmers
Keywords
cognitive skill

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Frese,Michael Dr.; Goldstein,Markus P.; Kilic,Talip; Montalvao,Joao.

Soft skills for hard constraints : evidence from high-achieving female farmers (English). Gender innovation lab policy brief|no. 20 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/939081499853597427

Soft skills for hard constraints : evidence from high-achieving female farmers (English)

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