Nitya Rao

TL;DR: In this article, the authors revisited the evidence of micro-finance evaluations focusing on the technical challenges of conducting rigorous microfinance impact evaluations, and concluded that no well-known study robustly shows any strong impacts of micro finance, while anecdotes and other inspiring stories purported to show that micro finance can make a real difference in the lives of those served.

TL;DR: In this article, the importance of moving beyond the counting of numbers of men and women to unpacking relations of power, of inclusion and exclusion in decision-making, and challenging cultural beliefs that have denied equal opportunities and rights to differently positioned people, especially those at the bottom of economic and social hierarchies is emphasized.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the conceptual linkages between the issue of land rights for women, with household food security on the one hand and gender equality on the other, and analyse the implications of this for gender relations.

TL;DR: In this article, the usefulness of notions of autonomy and dependence in understanding conjugal relations and expectations in a context of widespread migration for extended periods, especially to overseas destinations, where mutuality is crucial for social reproduction, though in clearly gender-demarcated domains.

TL;DR: This paper found that environmental stress is a key depressor of women's agency even when household structures and social norms are supportive or legal entitlements are available, and that male migration and women's poor working conditions combine with either institutional failure or poverty to constrain women's adaptive capacity.