Gender inequality in microcredit access in rural Burkina Faso: an analysis based on the decomposition method

Traore, Salimata

doi:10.1007/s00181-022-02240-6

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“…As stated in Traore (2023) the contribution of a variable can be positive or negative. A positive contribution means that reducing the difference between men and women in this variable reduces the gender gap.…”

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“…Studies addressing the issue are rare in the literature. The existing literature is focused on the gender gap in credit access (Aterido et al, 2013;Mazumder et al, 2017;Traore, 2023) and the use of financial services provided by banks or microfinance institutions (Hansen & Rand, 2014;Corsi & De Angelis, 2017). Mobile money is intended to attenuate the gender gap in access to and use of financial services by providing financial services that classical financial institutions are not able to provide.…”

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Access to and use of financial services in ECOWAS countries: Is mobile money closing the gender gap?

Valea

2024

EAL

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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">This paper deals with the gender gap in accessing and using financial services provided by mobile money and financial institutions. Using data from ECOWAS member countries, we applied the Fairlie decomposition method to estimate and decompose the gender gap. The results show that mobile money contributes to improving of the use of services compared to financial institutions. However, it also increases the gender gap in women's disadvantages in accessing and using these services. The difference in the level of education and income between males and females is the main factor explaining the gender gap.</span></p>

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Access to and use of financial services in ECOWAS countries: Is mobile money closing the gender gap?

Valea

2024

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Gender gap in agricultural productivity: evidence from Burkina Faso

Valea,

Noufé

2024

IJSE

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PurposeWomen make a major contribution to the agricultural sector, especially in developing countries. Despite this, women still face many obstacles in carrying out their agricultural activities. These obstacles have a negative impact on their productivity and create a gender gap. This paper analyses the difference in agricultural productivity between male-headed and female-headed households in Burkina Faso.Design/methodology/approachUsing data from the Permanent Agricultural Survey (EPA), we applied the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method to determine the size of the gender gap and identify the variables explaining this gap. In this study, we used the value of production per farm worker as a measure of productivity.FindingsThe results indicate a gender gap of 43.8 percentage points in favor of male-headed households. Around 131% of this difference is explained by differences in observable household characteristics. The factor that most explains this difference in productivity is the difference in the total area of land available to households.Practical implicationsThis finding calls for women’s access to land to be considered in the design and implementation of agricultural development policies.Originality/valueOne of the main contributions of this article in relation to previous studies lies in the unit of analysis. Rather than focusing on individual producers, as in previous studies, we have instead considered the household as the unit of analysis, since in developing countries such as Burkina Faso, production decisions are taken at household level. It contributes to inform economic policy decisions by providing decision-makers with the factors on which they can act to bring about an increase in agricultural productivity by reducing the gap between male-headed households and female-headed households.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-11-2023-0923

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Gender inequality in microcredit access in rural Burkina Faso: an analysis based on the decomposition method

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Access to and use of financial services in ECOWAS countries: Is mobile money closing the gender gap?

Access to and use of financial services in ECOWAS countries: Is mobile money closing the gender gap?

Gender gap in agricultural productivity: evidence from Burkina Faso

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