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Carlo Azzarri

Carlo Azzarri is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. His work focuses on the relationships among poverty, nutrition, food security, agriculture, the environment, production, and migration—analyzed at both micro and macroeconomic levels, primarily using quantitative methods.

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Flor Paz

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Florencia Paz is a Senior Research Analyst with the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, and is based at IFPRI-Washington, DC.

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Empowerment after migration: Exploring the association between migration and the empowerment of women who stay behind

2024Ceballos, Francisco; Heckert, Jessica; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Paz, Florencia
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Empowerment after migration: Exploring the association between migration and the empowerment of women who stay behind

Migration is a recurrent global phenomenon that has rapidly increased over the past decades. As of 2020, there were 281 million international migrants (equivalent to 3.6 percent of the global population), a 27 percent increase compared to the 221 million in 2010 (UN DESA 2020). Even though COVID-19 slowed international migration, it is quickly returning to pre-pandemic levels. Approximately half of migrants are men, and a third are youth (15-24 year olds). Western Europe and the United States receive the most international migrants, and most migrants originate from rural areas, which receive around 40% of international remittances (Food and Agriculture Organization 2018). Domestically, there were around 763 million of internal migrants as of 2013, equivalent to around 12 percent of the global population (United Nations Population Division, 2013). Whether international or domestic, a large share of migrants is forced to leave their homes due to multiple reasons that include socioeconomic, climatic, and conflict factors, which may also act as compound shocks, such that migration similarly represents an important adaptation strategy that can help improve livelihoods, build resilience, and protect against fragility.

Year published

2024

Authors

Ceballos, Francisco; Heckert, Jessica; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Paz, Florencia

Citation

Ceballos, Francisco; Heckert, Jessica; Hernandez, Manuel; and Paz, Florencia. 2024. Empowerment after migration: Exploring the association between migration and the empowerment of women who stay behind. Fragility, Conflict, and Migration Initiative. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168433

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Migration; Women’s Empowerment; Gender; Livelihoods; Resilience

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Working Paper

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Effet de l’insécurité (conflit armé) sur l’autonomisation des femmes au Burkina Faso

2024Heckert, Jessica; Sow, Doulo; Tranchant, Jean-Pierre; Pedehombga, Abdoulaye; Paz, Florencia; Gelli, Aulo
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Effet de l’insécurité (conflit armé) sur l’autonomisation des femmes au Burkina Faso

Le présent synopsis est un résumé succinct des résultats et conclusions de l’analyse des effets de l’in sécurité (conflits armés) au Burkina Faso sur de multiples domaines de l’autonomisation des femmes mesurés dans l’indice d’autonomisation des femmes dans l’agriculture au niveau du projet (pro-WEAI, acronyme Anglais). En utilisant les données de la première phase du projet « Soutenir l’Exploitation fa miliale pour Lancer l’Elevage de la Volaille et valoriser l’Economie Rurale » (SELEVER), l’étude a exa miné si une proximité accrue avec les événements violents affectait l’autonomisation et si le pro gramme SELEVER contribuait à protéger l’autonomisation des effets négatifs du conflit durant la phase.

Year published

2024

Authors

Heckert, Jessica; Sow, Doulo; Tranchant, Jean-Pierre; Pedehombga, Abdoulaye; Paz, Florencia; Gelli, Aulo

Citation

Heckert, Jessica; Sow, Doulo; Tranchant, Jean-Pierre; Pedehombga, Abdoulaye; Paz, Flor; and Gelli, Aulo. 2024. Effet de l’insécurité (conflit armé) sur l’autonomisation des femmes au Burkina Faso. CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168567

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Burkina Faso

Keywords

Africa; Western Africa; Conflicts; Women’s Empowerment; Agriculture; Poultry; Rural Economics

Language

French

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Source record

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Brief

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Data Paper

Migration and empowerment: Data from a follow-up survey among a sample of households in western Honduras

2024Ceballos, Francisco; Heckert, Jessica; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Paz, Florencia
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Migration and empowerment: Data from a follow-up survey among a sample of households in western Honduras

This data paper documents migration and empowerment indicators from a two-round survey conducted in Western Honduras as part of a study validating the Migration Propensity Index (MPI). The baseline survey (May–June 2023) reached 1,209 households across six departments, using a multi-stage cluster sampling strategy prioritizing municipalities with high migration prevalence. Data included MPI questions and potential migration factors. A follow-up survey (May–June 2024) re-interviewed 1,094 households, with additional tracking efforts yielding data on migration for 1,176 households (97% of the baseline). Migration was categorized as internal (to a different department) or external (outside Honduras). The follow-up survey also collected empowerment data using the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) from one household respondent, focusing on intrinsic, instrumental, and collective agency, as well as agency-enabling resources, aggregated into a single empowerment index.

Year published

2024

Authors

Ceballos, Francisco; Heckert, Jessica; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Paz, Florencia

Citation

Ceballos, Francisco; Heckert, Jessica; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Paz, Florencia. 2024. Migration and empowerment: Data from a follow-up survey among a sample of households in western Honduras. Data Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168401.

Country/Region

Honduras

Keywords

Americas; Central America; Latin America; Migration; Migrants; Policies; Women’s Empowerment; Decision Making; Statistical Methods; Socioeconomic Aspects

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Source

Source record

Project

Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

Record type

Data Paper

Blogs

Developing a Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems
IFPRI Blog
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May 23, 2023

Developing a Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems

By Jessica Heckert, Agnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Greg Seymour, Hazel Malapit, Florencia Paz, Sheela Sinharoy, Kathryn M. Yount, and Heather Moylan

Closing the gender data gap in agricultural development.

Food in the time of pandemic: realism without magic
IFPRI Blog
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November 23, 2021

Food in the time of pandemic: realism without magic

By Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla and Florencia Paz

Implementando políticas para superar la pandemia en lo inmediato, y mirando al futuro.

Alimentación en tiempos de pandemia: Realismo sin magia
IFPRI Blog
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June 19, 2020

Alimentación en tiempos de pandemia: Realismo sin magia

By Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla and Florencia Paz

Implementando políticas para superar la pandemia en lo inmediato, y mirando al futuro.

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Events

From Research to Impact: Towards just and Resilient Agri-food Systems
IFPRI Program/Country Event

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October 9 to 12, 2023

From Research to Impact: Towards just and Resilient Agri-food Systems

Conference: October 09, 2023 – 9:00 AM to October 12, 2023 – 6:00 PM IST. IFPRI is participating in the 2023 annual CGIAR gender research conference will take place in New Delhi, India.

Funding Food System Transformation in Developing Countries: An example from Ethiopia
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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September 24, 2021, 8:00 – 9:30 am

Funding Food System Transformation in Developing Countries: An example from Ethiopia

Virtual Event: SEP 24, 2021- 08:00 AM to 09:30 AM EDT. This event will inform discussion of CGIAR work, developed for the UNFSS, on potential sources of funding for food systems transformation activities. 

Evento Virtual - Alimentación en tiempos de pandemia: realismo sin magia en ALC
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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June 2, 2020, 12:15 – 1:45 pm

Evento Virtual – Alimentación en tiempos de pandemia: realismo sin magia en ALC

América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) es uno de los principales contribuyentes a la seguridad alimentaria mundial y a los servicios ecosistémicos globales, incluidos el secuestro de CO2 y la biodiversidad. Sin embargo, la región también está sufriendo de degradación ambiental, particularmente a través de las altas tasas de deforestación. Además, ALC es la región […]

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News

August 03, 2020 | In the News

The campaign #RuralWomen, Women with Rights begins (Diario Rotativo) 

Diario Rotativo (Mexico) published an article on the campaign to recognize rural women, on July 30 the campaign #RuralWomen, Women with Rights. Rural women,  breadwinners during the health crisis, have added to their productive activities, the care, and attention to children who do not go to school, a gigantic overload of unpaid work. IFPRI along with many NGOs and […]