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Outreach and Private Sector Partnerships Reduce Barriers to Female Market Participation and Financial Inclusion

author(s) CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets. 2017. Outreach and Private Sector Partnerships Reduce Barriers to Female Market Participation and Financial Inclusion. Reported in Policies, Institutions, and Markets Annual Report 2017. Outcome Impact Case Report.
Outreach and Private Sector Partnerships Reduce Barriers to Female Market Participation and Financial Inclusion

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Abstract

This project involves an RCT designed to reduce barriers to women’s participation in cash crop value chains. The RCT promoted female participation in cash crop value chains by encouraging households to register outgrower sugar cane contracts in women’s names (which came with a requirement from the company that women have a bank account). By encouraging private sector processing companies and banks to interact with women, the project promotes women’s empowerment and improved rural welfare.

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