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Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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Jordan Kyle

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Jordan Kyle is a Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit at IFPRI. Her research focuses on how to strengthen delivery of aid programs and public services, as well as on governance, voice, and democratization more broadly. She has a special interest in understanding how implementation shapes trust in institutions and affects long-term success and sustainability of policies and programs, as well as in how to empower women and local communities within local and national decision-making processes.

Prior to joining IFPRI, Jordan worked at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), where she advised and engaged senior policy officials on social safety nets, food and nutrition policy, and labor market policies. At OMB, she won several awards for public service, including for contributions to school meals programs during the COVID-19 pandemic and to efforts to reduce burdens on individuals when applying for social safety net programs. Previously, she worked as a Senior Fellow and Chief of Data and Analytics at the Tony Blair Institute and as an Associate Research Fellow at IFPRI. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.

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Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria

2024Amare, Mulubrhan; Carrillo, Lucia; Kosec, Katrina; Kyle, Jordan
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Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria

Using original survey data from three states in rural, southwestern Nigeria, this study examines the relationship between conflict intensity at various distances and the empowerment and aspiration levels of women whose households are primarily engaged in farming. We analyze geo-coded data on violent clashes between ethnic groups that primarily herd livestock for their livelihood and those that primarily farm crops; these clashes are growing more frequent across West Africa with climate-induced land degradation, as herding populations are moving further south in search of grazing land. Our outcomes of interest include women’s economic and social aspirations, and women’s economic, social, and political behaviors that could impact their long-run empowerment. We find that exposure to higher conflict intensity is closely linked to adverse outcomes, including income loss, assault, and forced migration. Higher conflict intensity is also associated with lower women’s economic and social aspirations, though social aspirations are more affected by proximate conflicts, while economic aspirations are more affected by more distant conflicts. Women’s economic, social, and political activities also vary with conflict-affectedness. With more conflict nearby, women are more likely to own their own off-farm businesses and less likely to own an off-farm business in which they share ownership with their husband. With more exposure to distant conflicts, women devote less time to off-farm labor and more time to agricultural labor. Near conflict, women are less likely to be members of mutual aid groups and to contact government officials and more likely to engage local security groups for protection and to be members of political parties. These differences could have long-run implications for women’s empowerment.

Year published

2024

Authors

Amare, Mulubrhan; Carrillo, Lucia; Kosec, Katrina; Kyle, Jordan

Citation

Amare, Mulubrhan; Carrillo, Lucia; Kosec, Katrina; and Kyle, Jordan. 2024. Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria. HiCN Working Paper Series 421. Berlin, Germany: Households in Conflict Network.

Country/Region

Nigeria

Keywords

Africa; Western Africa; Conflicts; Household Surveys; Women’s Empowerment; Farmers; Ethnic Groups; Herds; Climate Change Impacts; Land Degradation

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English

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Open Access

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Working Paper

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Elites’ response to women’s action committees and local services in Nigeria

2024Kyle, Jordan; Adida, Claire; Arriola, Leonardo; Fisher, Rachel; Kosec, Katrina; Mo, Cecilia Hyungjung
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Elites’ response to women’s action committees and local services in Nigeria

This study examines how local elites respond in the face of two interventions: a women’s training designed to strengthen women’s sense of collective efficacy and leadership skills, and a complementary training program for women’s husbands, designed to encourage and support them to become champions of women’s voice and agency. The study utilized a three-arm randomized control trial (RCT) carried out in Ogun, Osun, and Oyo states of southwest Nigeria in 2023 to analyze elite responsiveness to hypothetical petitions presented by both women and men on key community development issues. Our first intervention (treatment group 1 (T1)), the women’s training intervention, provided intensive instruction in leadership, organizing, and advocacy. It was designed to reduce psychological barriers to women’s political participation by raising women’s sense of collective efficacy and conferring skills to help women overcome these barriers. This intervention was part of a coordinated set of field experiments in five countries—collectively known as Metaketa V. Our second intervention (T2), the men’s training intervention, emphasized the benefits of women’s political participation for families and communities and focused on equipping men to be advocates for women’s empowerment and gender equality in public spaces—underscoring that women’s empowerment is not a zero-sum game.

Year published

2024

Authors

Kyle, Jordan; Adida, Claire; Arriola, Leonardo; Fisher, Rachel; Kosec, Katrina; Mo, Cecilia Hyungjung

Citation

Kyle, Jordan; Adida, Claire; Arriola, Leonardo; Fisher, Rachel; Kosec, Katrina; and Mo, Cecilia Hyungjung. 2024.Elites’ response to women’s action committees and local services in Nigeria. AEA RCT Registry. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/14946

Country/Region

Nigeria

Keywords

Africa; Western Africa; Human Behaviour; Gender; Governance; Training Programmes; Women’s Empowerment

Language

English

Access/Licence

Limited Access

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Other

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How can anticipatory action programming support women? Application of the reach-benefit-empower-transform framework in Nepal and Nigeria

2024Gonzales, Teresa; Kosec, Katrina; Kyle, Jordan; Madero, Ana; Mittrick, Caitlin; Myers, Emily; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Rapadas, Amica
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How can anticipatory action programming support women? Application of the reach-benefit-empower-transform framework in Nepal and Nigeria

As floods increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change, anticipatory action (AA) programs offer a promising approach to mitigate their impacts. However, there is limited research about how AA programming can address the specific needs of women, who often face heightened vulnerabilities during disasters. This paper applies the Reach, Benefit, Empower, Transform (RBET) framework to examine gender dynamics in AA programming through case studies in Nepal and Nigeria—two flood-prone countries where AA initiatives have been piloted. Using data from key informant interviews and focus group discussions with stakeholders, including government agencies, NGOs, local advocacy groups, and direct beneficiaries of flood programs, we assess barriers and enabling conditions for AA to reach, benefit, and empower women and broader opportunities for transformation of gender norms and social inequalities. Our findings reveal key implementation challenges, including limited funding, weak integration with broader disaster risk reduction efforts, and inadequate early warning systems. However, we also identify practical strategies for improving AA’s gender responsiveness, such as relying on individual rather than household-level data, providing accessible early warning information, offering aid modalities that meet women’s specific needs (such as dignity kits), ensuring women’s participation in community decision-making, and facilitating ongoing inclusive household and community dialogues in flood-prone communities rather than only responding to specific flood warnings. The paper concludes with recommendations for scaling up gender-inclusive AA programming to enhance resilience and reduce the disproportionate impacts of flooding on women.

Year published

2024

Authors

Gonzales, Teresa; Kosec, Katrina; Kyle, Jordan; Madero, Ana; Mittrick, Caitlin; Myers, Emily; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Rapadas, Amica

Citation

Gonzales, Teresa; Kosec, Katrina; Kyle, Jordan; Madero, Ana; Mittrick, Caitlin; Myers, Emily; Quisumbing, Agnes; and Rapadas, Amica. 2024. How can anticipatory action programming support women? Application of the reach-benefit-empower-transform framework in Nepal and Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2298. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.

Country/Region

Nepal; Nigeria

Keywords

Asia; Southern Asia; Africa; Western Africa; Disaster Risk Management; Flooding; Gender; Vulnerability; Women; Climate Change Adaptation

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open Access

Source

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Project

Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Working Paper

Blogs

How anticipatory action can empower women in disaster-prone areas
IFPRI Blog
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December 12, 2024

How anticipatory action can empower women in disaster-prone areas

By Emily Myers, Katrina Kosec, Jordan Kyle, Agnes Quisumbing, Teresa Gonzales, Ana Madero, Caitlin Mittrick, and Amica Rapadas

How assistance programs can catalyze improvements in gender equality.

Workshop: Applying the Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) tool to support gender-responsive policy innovation across Africa
IFPRI Blog
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July 12, 2024

Workshop: Applying the Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) tool to support gender-responsive policy innovation across Africa

By Jordan Kyle, Catherine Ragasa, Susan Kaaria, Margaret Mangheni, Dorine Odongo, and Anne Omamo

Collaborating to make food systems more inclusive.

Inspirational filmmaking to raise women’s voice and agency in the construction of assets for climate resilience in India
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December 26, 2023

Inspirational filmmaking to raise women’s voice and agency in the construction of assets for climate resilience in India

By Jordan Kyle, Katrina Kosec, Sudha Narayanan, and Kalyani Raghunathan

Compelling personal stories as a learning and motivational tool.

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Events

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

Rethinking Food Crisis Responses
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May 11, 2023, 5:00 – 8:45 am

Rethinking Food Crisis Responses

Virtual Event: May 11, 2023 – 5:00 AM to 8:45 AM EDT. Please join the Nigeria presentation of the Report and the launch of the FCM Initiative on May 11 in Abuja, Nigeria, in person or virtually.

News

October 24, 2024 | In the News

At high level dialogue, Stakeholders Rally Support for Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture (National Update/Punch)

This article published by National Update (Nigeria) wrote about a recent high-level dialogue on the CGIAR HER+ initiative in Abuja held on October 9, 2024, that aimed to address barriers women face in Nigeria’s agrifood sector.

June 16, 2023 | In the News

Building popular support for post-conflict constitutions: Lessons from Nepal (The Brookings Institution) 

“In early 2023, the United Nations announced that the world is facing the highest number of violent conflicts since World War II, with a majority of these being civil conflicts. Historically, ending civil conflict and fostering democratic transitions has involved constitutional reforms that address the grievances that originally sparked violence,” write IFPRI research fellow Jordan Kyle and […]

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