Gap project conceptual framework ap

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Conceptual Framework for Identifying Gendered Impacts of Agricultural Programs

Ruth Meinzen-Dick

INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Helps identify HOW:• Gendered asset distribution affects outcomes

• Outcome of agricultural programs differs by gender

• Building assets takes place in a way that is gendered

Guides attention to key processes for evaluation

Provides basis for comparison and learning across different case studies

Why have a conceptual framework?

Women and men have separate assets, activities, consumption, etc.

Households also have some joint assets, activities, consumption, etc.

Shading of each component as a reminder that we need to consider gender—separation and jointness in each

Women’s Men’sJOINT

Each component is gendered

Context

Agroecology

Location

Institutions

Gender relations

etc.

Mapping assets within a household

•Natural•Physical•Financial•Human•Social•Political

Livelihood Strategies

What are the livelihood options available to women and men?

What assets do those livelihoods require?

Are women (or men) precluded from good livelihoods by lack of assets?

Shocks

What are the major shocks that affect women, men, and households?

How do women, men respond to shocks?

What role do assets play in responding to shocks?

Institutions of Exchange

Markets (gendered participation in different types of markets)

Insurance

Social exchange

How do policies affect these?

Incomes

Includes cash and direct consumption

What affects the income women and men earn?

What affects the control of income within the household?

Consumption

Includes food and nonfood

How are women’s, men’s, and joint income used for different types of consumption by different family members?

What affects decisions on consumption? (Does control of assets play a role?)

Savings/Investment

This feeds back to + or – asset accumulation

How are women’s, men’s, and joint income used for different types of investment by different family members?

What affects decisions on investment?

Are there enough mechanisms for women to build assets?

Conceptualizing Project Interventions

Context

Assets

Livelihood Strategies

Institutions of Exchange

Shocks Consumption

Incomes

Savings/Investment

Discussion Questions 1

Do you have questions or concerns about either

1. The content of the conceptual framework or

2. The overall initiative process

Is anything missing, or should something be removed or changed?

Discussion Questions 2

Discuss the possibilities and/or challenges in applying the framework in your own projects