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Poverty and Productivity in Female-Headed Households in Zimbabwe


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Working Paper

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Horrell, S 
Krishnan, P 

Abstract

A household survey conducted in rural Zimbabwe in 2001 is used to compare the position of de facto and de jure female-headed households to those with a male head. These households are characterised by different forms of poverty that impinge on their ability to improve agricultural productivity. However, once inputs are accounted for, it is only for growing cotton that female-headed households' productivity is lower than that found for male-headed households. General poverty alleviation policies will benefit the female-headed household but specific interventions via extension services and access to marketing consortia are also indicated.

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Africa, Zimbabwe, Gender, Poverty, Female-Headed Households, Agriculture

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Faculty of Economics