Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers

Soft Skills for Hard Constraints : Evidence from High-Achieving Female Farmers

This paper documents the positive link between the noncognitive skills of women farmers and the adoption of a cash crop. The context is Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, where the majority of rural households practice subsistence f...

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Main Authors: Montalvao, Joao, Frese, Michael, Goldstein, Markus, Kilic, Talip
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
NONCOGNITIVE SKILLS
PERSONALITY
AGRIBUSINESS
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
EMPOWERMENT
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938611496941808624/Soft-skills-for-hard-constraints-evidence-from-high-achieving-female-farmers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27295

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938611496941808624/Soft-skills-for-hard-constraints-evidence-from-high-achieving-female-farmers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27295

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