How Fair is Workfare? Gender, Public Works, and Employment in Rural Ethiopia

Sakellariou, Chris; Yohannes, Yisehac; Quisumbing, Agnes R.

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-3492

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“…Men are also considerably more educated than women (Kimhi 2006), and education considerably enhances income from self-employment activities (van der Sluis, van Praag and Vijverberg 2004). Note that Quisumbing and Yohannes (2004) report equal participation rates of men and women in self-employment activities in rural Ethiopia. The number of entrepreneurs is larger than the number of entrepreneurial activities because there are cases in which more than one household member is engaged in an entrepreneurial activity.…”

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Entrepreneurship and income inequality in southern Ethiopia

Kimhi

2009

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This paper uses inequality decomposition techniques in order to analyse the consequences of entrepreneurial activities to household income inequality in southern Ethiopia. A uniform increase in entrepreneurial income reduces per capita household income inequality. This implies that encouraging rural entrepreneurship may be favourable for both income growth and income distribution. Such policies could be particularly successful if directed at the low-income, low-wealth, and relatively uneducated segments of the society.

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Entrepreneurship and income inequality in southern Ethiopia

Kimhi

2009

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“…Long distance to work sites has a strong and negative effect on women's participation rates relative to men's. It was found in Ethiopia (Quisumbing and Yohannes 2004) and India (Krishnaraj et al 2004a and that locating work sites close to women's neighborhoods/villages can increase women's participation in the program.…”

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“…On-site child-care provision, combined with early childhood development programs, can improve child nutrition and relieve constraints on women's participation in public works, as well as lay the foundation for entry into primary school (Quisumbing et al 2004). …”

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“…The timing of payment also matters (Quisumbing 2004;Subbarao 2003;Gaihra 2000); delayed payments, for instance, discourage female participation. It has also been found in some programs (primarily in sub-Saharan Africa), women's participation increased when payment was in the form of food because they could control the use of food more easily, whereas men were more easily able to appropriate money (Subbarao 2003).…”

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“…Overall, more effort needs to be made to consider women's physical capacities, potential ways in which more women could be attracted to participate, ways in which to allow a greater degree of flexibility in scheduling, and a provision of crèches. This would better enable women to participate in the FFW, while still maintaining the household (Quisumbing and Yohannes 2004).…”

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2006

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The paper is organized as follows. The next section summarizes seven strategic priorities for achieving gender equality and women's empowerment recommended by UN Millennium Project Task Force 3. These seven strategic priorities are the framework within which a range of interventions for gender equality and women's empowerment has been identified. Section 3 proposes six criteria for identifying gender-sensitive Quick Impact Initiatives from among the range of interventions that can be implemented for gender equality, focusing specifically on improving economic opportunities. Based roughly on these criteria, Sections 4 and 5 propose a menu of quick impact initiatives that can promote gender equality and empower women, either directly or indirectly, in low and middle-income countries. The paper concludes with recommendations for the World Bank, other donor agencies, and national governments for implementing gender QIIs in national MDG development strategies. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may 3Before proceeding, it is important to note that Quick Impact Initiatives should not be seen as substitutes for long-term development strategies or for the transformation that is required to take place in institutions and policies. Implementing a full set of MDGbased investments and policies will take time and in many cases will involve complex institutional change. But by implementing the quick impact initiatives described in the following pages, large-scale progress can begin immediately and major results can be achieved within three or more years. Because QIIs have been proven to work in a reasonably short time, they can help build confidence in government and donor efforts to achieve MDG3. More importantly, they can be the fulcrum for longer-term efforts and investments to empower women. Box 1. Illustrative Quick Wins• Eliminate school and uniform fees to ensure that all children, especially girls, are not out of school because of their families' poverty. Lost revenues should be replaced with more equitable and efficient sources of finance, including donor assistance.• Provide impoverished farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa with affordable replenishments of soil nitrogen and other soil nutrients.• Provide free school meals for all children using locally produced foods with takehome rations.• Design community nutrition programs that support breastfeeding and provide access to locally produced complementary foods and, where needed, micronutrient (especially zinc and v...

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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was established in 1975. IFPRI is one of 15 agricultural research centers that receive principal funding from governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations, most of which are members of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS AND PARTNERS IFPRI's research, capacity strengthening, and communications work is made possible by its financial contributors and partners. IFPRI receives its principal funding from governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations, most of which are members of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IFPRI gratefully acknowledges the generous unrestricted funding from

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How Fair is Workfare? Gender, Public Works, and Employment in Rural Ethiopia

Cited by 17 publications

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Entrepreneurship and income inequality in southern Ethiopia

Entrepreneurship and income inequality in southern Ethiopia

Quick Impact Initiatives for Gender Equality: A Menu of Options

A Review of Empirical Evidence on Gender Differences in Nonland Agricultural Inputs, Technology, and Services in Developing Countries

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