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The socioeconomic effects of Fusarium TR4 on banana producers in Peru 镰刀菌TR4对秘鲁香蕉生产者的社会经济影响

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-08-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100717

Thea Ritter , Jonathan Mockshell , Diego Álvarez , Leslie Estefany Mosquera , Jorge Eliecer Vargas , Carolina Gonzalez

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is spreading throughout South America and the world, threatening the banana industry as it decimates the Cavendish plantations and many other local varieties. This study addresses a major gap in the literature by employing a socioeconomic and cost-benefit analysis to explore the vulnerability of banana producers to TR4 and the financial viability of disease management strategies and potential losses in the event of TR4 spreading within the study area. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with producers and key stakeholders in Piura, Peru, which is Peru’s most important region for producing organic bananas for export. The results show that 45% of farms have TR4 and 10% of banana farms have been completely devastated by TR4. Production, banana sales, income, and food security are lower among producers with TR4 in their plantations. Prevention and mitigation strategies, such as disinfecting shoes, tools, and machinery at farm entrances, are critical and financially viable methods to prevent the spread of TR4. On average, producers without TR4 have a net present value (NPV) of $48,014 per hectare, which is significantly higher than the NPV of $8,535 per hectare for producers affected by TR4, highlighting TR4′s severe economic impact and the need to implement mitigation strategies. Recommendations to the public and private sector to build a banana sector more resilient to TR4 include supporting the implementation of surveillance and mitigation strategies, as well as raising awareness about TR4 and the importance of certified banana seeds.

古巴镰刀菌热带品种4 （TR4）正在南美洲和世界各地蔓延，威胁着香蕉产业，因为它摧毁了卡文迪什种植园和许多其他当地品种。本研究通过采用社会经济和成本效益分析来探讨香蕉生产者对TR4的脆弱性，以及疾病管理策略的财务可行性和TR4在研究区域传播时的潜在损失，解决了文献中的一个主要空白。在秘鲁皮乌拉，生产者和主要利益相关者进行了半结构化访谈和焦点小组讨论，皮乌拉是秘鲁生产出口有机香蕉的最重要地区。结果表明，45%的农场有TR4, 10%的香蕉农场完全被TR4摧毁。种植TR4的生产者的香蕉产量、销售、收入和粮食安全都较低。预防和缓解战略，如在农场入口处对鞋子、工具和机械进行消毒，是防止TR4传播的关键和经济上可行的方法。平均而言，没有TR4的生产者每公顷净现值（NPV）为48 014美元，大大高于受TR4影响的生产者每公顷净现值8 535美元，突出显示了TR4的严重经济影响和实施缓解战略的必要性。向公共和私营部门提出的建议包括支持实施监测和缓解战略，以及提高对TR4和认证香蕉种子重要性的认识，以建立一个更能抵御TR4的香蕉部门。

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Has mandatory reporting improved environmental disclosure quality in Indonesia? 强制性报告是否提高了印尼环境信息披露的质量？

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100718

Indah Fajarini Sri Wahyuningrum , Sriningsih , Annisa Sila Puspita , Mochamad Arief Budihardjo , Amin Chegenizadeh , Hamid Nikraz

This paper investigates the evolution of environmental disclosure practices among publicly listed Indonesian companies as they transitioned from voluntary to mandatory sustainability reporting between 2016 and 2022. Using a sample of 767 sustainability reports, the study employed a quantitative content analysis and a weighted scoring system ranging from zero to five, aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 and GRI Standards. This approach enabled an evaluation of the frequency and quality of environmental information disclosed over time. The findings indicate a substantial increase in reporting volume, with sustainability report submissions rising to 69 % between 2020 and 2021. However, this growth did not correspond to improvements in disclosure quality; in fact, the average environmental disclosure score declined by over 40 % during the same period. Supplier environmental assessments were often significantly underreported, while energy use and effluent management were the most frequently disclosed topics. Environmentally sensitive sectors, particularly energy, provided higher quality disclosures (average scores > 0.30), whereas the finance sector produced the most reports but with the lowest average quality (< 0.15). These findings highlight a trend of nominal compliance, suggesting that many companies prioritize regulatory adherence over substantive transparency. This study contributes a longitudinal empirical perspective from a developing context and calls for stronger, sector-specific regulatory enforcement.

本文研究了印尼上市公司在2016年至2022年间从自愿向强制性可持续发展报告过渡期间环境披露实践的演变。该研究以767份可持续发展报告为样本，采用了定量内容分析和加权评分系统，评分范围从0到5，与全球报告倡议组织（GRI） G4和GRI标准保持一致。这种方法能够对一段时间内披露的环境信息的频率和质量进行评估。调查结果表明，报告数量大幅增加，2020年至2021年期间，可持续发展报告提交量上升至69%。然而，这一增长并未对应于披露质量的改善；事实上，同期环境信息披露的平均得分下降了40%以上。供应商的环境评估往往严重少报，而能源使用和污水管理是最经常披露的主题。环境敏感行业，特别是能源行业，提供了更高质量的信息披露(平均得分>；0.30)，而金融业产出的报告最多，但平均质量最低(<；0.15)。这些发现凸显了名义合规的趋势，表明许多公司优先考虑遵守监管，而不是实质性的透明度。本研究提供了一个发展中背景下的纵向实证视角，并呼吁加强针对特定行业的监管执法。

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Agricultural stakeholder panels and lead farmer visits: Evidence from Malawi 农业利益相关者小组和主要农民访问：来自马拉维的证据

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100716

Festus O. Amadu , Paul E. McNamara

Agricultural extension is critical to economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet, local extension services remain weak, despite several decades of international aid aimed at improving extension services in the region. Agricultural Stakeholder Panels (ASPs) are a demand-side extension approach designed to improve rural extension services by enhancing farmer interaction with local extension agents. In Malawi, the ASP approach has been in rural communities as part of the national extension policy for more than two decades. Yet, most ASPs were either completely dysfunctional, partially operational, or somewhat ineffective in reaching their clientele communities. Thus, in 2015, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the Strengthening Agricultural and Nutrition Extension (SANE) program to support the government of Malawi in implementing ASPs more carefully and rigorously, and thereby improve agricultural extension services in the country. However, empirical evidence of the impacts of functional ASPs in terms of improving extension services remains unexplored. We respond to this gap by estimating the impacts of the ASP approach on agricultural extension services using lead farmer visits as a proxy. We apply an endogenous treatment effect regression to original survey data from a sample of 2134 households across 22 districts in Malawi. We found positive and statistically significant impacts of functional ASPs on lead farmer visits in 2018: Farmers associated with such ASPs received eight extension visits from lead farmers compared to other farmers per year, a significant result with crucial implications for improving extension services in Malawi. The result implies that effective ASPs can improve the performance of extension agents, and thereby demonstrates the importance of such policies in improving agricultural extension systems in Malawi, similar contexts elsewhere in SSA, and beyond.

农业推广对撒哈拉以南非洲地区的经济转型至关重要。然而，当地的推广服务仍然薄弱，尽管几十年来国际援助旨在改善该区域的推广服务。农业利益相关者小组（asp）是一种需求侧推广方法，旨在通过加强农民与当地推广机构的互动来改善农村推广服务。在马拉维，ASP方法作为国家推广政策的一部分已经在农村社区实施了20多年。然而，大多数asp要么是完全不正常的，要么是部分可操作的，或者在到达客户群体方面有些无效。因此，2015年，美国国际开发署（USAID）资助了加强农业和营养推广（SANE）项目，以支持马拉维政府更仔细、更严格地实施农业推广标准，从而改善该国的农业推广服务。然而，功能性asp在改进扩展服务方面的影响的经验证据仍未得到探索。我们通过使用主要农民访问作为代理来估计ASP方法对农业推广服务的影响来应对这一差距。我们对马拉维22个地区2134个家庭样本的原始调查数据应用内生处理效应回归。我们发现功能性asp对2018年领导农民访问的积极和统计显着影响：与其他农民相比，与此类asp相关的农民每年从领导农民那里获得了8次扩展访问，这一重要结果对改善马拉维的推广服务具有重要意义。结果表明，有效的asp可以提高推广机构的绩效，从而证明了此类政策在改善马拉维农业推广系统、撒哈拉以南非洲其他地区的类似情况以及其他地区的重要性。

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‘The youth are not given a listening ear’: A critical analysis of the contributions of youth-led civil society organisations to Africa’s development “年轻人没有得到倾听”：对青年领导的民间社会组织对非洲发展的贡献的批判性分析

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100711

Emmanuel Kumi , Thomas Yeboah , Emmanuel Edudzie

Dominant narratives around Africa’s youth have underscored them as perpetrators of violent conflicts and lazy individuals who dislike hard work and engage in risky behaviours including gambling and crime. However, an emerging body of knowledge has also highlighted the important role that young people and youth-led civil society organisations (CSOs) can play in promoting sustainable development, conflict transformation and sustainable peacebuilding. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 31 representatives of youth-led CSOs in the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, this article examines how youth-led CSOs contribute to development in Africa. Our findings indicate that despite the several factors ranging from limited funding opportunities, limited access to authorities and decision-making structures and a lack of organisational capacity, that stand to affect the potential for youth-led CSOs, they are well placed to contribute to three critical areas of developmental issues facing Africa: i) climate change; ii) democratic governance; and iii) civic engagement. Based on these findings, we argue that far from the prior dominant characterisation of young people as perpetrators of violent protests, there is a place for youth-led CSOs to contribute to the sustainable progress of Africa particularly in line with “The Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want” in a highly constrained environment.

围绕非洲青年的主流叙事强调他们是暴力冲突的肇事者和懒惰的人，他们不喜欢努力工作，从事赌博和犯罪等危险行为。然而，一个新兴的知识体系也强调了年轻人和青年领导的民间社会组织（cso）在促进可持续发展、冲突转变和可持续和平建设方面可以发挥的重要作用。本文对冈比亚、加纳、肯尼亚、尼日利亚、南非、坦桑尼亚、突尼斯、赞比亚和津巴布韦的31名青年领导的民间社会组织代表进行了定性访谈，探讨了青年领导的民间社会组织如何为非洲的发展做出贡献。我们的研究结果表明，尽管有一些因素，包括有限的资金机会，有限的接触当局和决策结构以及缺乏组织能力，这些因素会影响青年领导的民间社会组织的潜力，但他们很好地为非洲面临的发展问题的三个关键领域做出贡献：1)气候变化；Ii)民主治理；第三，公民参与。基于这些发现，我们认为，在高度受限的环境中，青年领导的民间社会组织可以为非洲的可持续进步做出贡献，特别是符合“2063年议程：我们想要的非洲”，而不是先前将年轻人视为暴力抗议活动的肇事者的主要特征。

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Refugees’ home-making practices as assemblages: material & symbolic features of housing settlements in the camp 作为集合的难民的建家实践：难民营住房定居点的物质和象征特征

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World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100714

Heba Alqub , Osaid Matar

Scholars often conceptualize the refugee camp as a humanitarian space (Agier, 2010) or space of protection (Ticktin, 2011), constructed by host governments and humanitarian agencies. However, in such framings, camp dwellers are often seen as passive recipients, isolated from any opportunity to cultivate a sense of belonging. This perception is reinforced by institutional accounts and reports that overlook refugees’ everyday spatial practices to reshape their environments, resulting in not only obscuring how refugees actively reconfigure camp spaces through home-making, but also contributing to spatial interventions that feel imposed and disconnected from lived realities, precluding avenues for belonging. This paper explores how Palestinian refugees construct the camp both spatially and temporally through everyday home-making practices that imbue the camp with meaning and attachment. To achieve this, I utilize the assemblage theory (Deleuze and Guattari, 1987, DeLanda, 2006, McFarlane, 2009, Dovey, 2010) as the analytical approach to better understand home-making as an open-ended process, analyzing the material and symbolic features of housing settlements in the camp. The study adopts a bottom-up methodology that combines empirical and archival research to investigate three Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan: Baqa’a, Al-Husn, and Talbiyeh, drawing from ethnographic fieldwork based on interviews, direct observation, and graphic journaling. This study argues that although camps are initially shaped by institutional planning, refugees’ home-making practices reshape their development over time. This dynamic interplay challenges static institutional layouts, showing how refugees’ modifications redefine both spatial form and social meaning of the camp. It also highlights how refugee agency actively co-produces the evolving camp beyond its original intent.

学者们通常将难民营定义为由东道国政府和人道主义机构建设的人道主义空间（Agier, 2010）或保护空间（Ticktin, 2011）。然而，在这种情况下，营地居民往往被视为被动的接受者，没有任何培养归属感的机会。这种看法被忽视了难民重塑环境的日常空间实践的机构账户和报告所强化，这不仅模糊了难民如何通过家庭活动积极地重新配置营地空间，而且还导致了空间干预，感觉被强加和与生活现实脱节，排除了归属感的途径。本文探讨了巴勒斯坦难民如何通过日常的家居实践在空间和时间上构建营地，使营地充满意义和依恋。为了实现这一目标，我利用集合理论（德勒兹和瓜塔里，1987年，德兰达，2006年，麦克法兰，2009年，多维，2010年）作为分析方法，更好地理解作为一个开放式过程的家庭建设，分析营地住房定居点的物质和象征特征。本研究采用自下而上的方法，结合实证研究和档案研究，调查了约旦的三个巴勒斯坦难民营：Baqa 'a、Al-Husn和Talbiyeh，并基于访谈、直接观察和图形日志进行了民族志田野调查。这项研究认为，虽然难民营最初是由制度规划形成的，但随着时间的推移，难民的建家实践重塑了难民营的发展。这种动态的相互作用挑战了静态的制度布局，展示了难民的修改如何重新定义了营地的空间形式和社会意义。它还突出了难民机构如何积极地共同生产超出其最初意图的不断发展的营地。

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The effect of fiscal decentralization on urbanization: Evidence from Cameroon 财政分权对城市化的影响：来自喀麦隆的证据

IF 2.3 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100709

Justin Romuald Amougou Manga, Constant Djiogap Fouopi

We examine the effect of fiscal decentralization on urbanization in 213 Cameroonian municipalities between 2010 and 2020. Since 1990, developing countries including Cameroon have turned to decentralization as it promotes economic development. Using the generalized least square method for estimation we find that; fiscal decentralization has a positive and significant effect on urbanization. Using the 2SLS and the Lewbel-2SLS to treat the endogeneity issue, the results provide further confirmation of earlier studies, suggesting that fiscal decentralization positively affects urbanization. The findings are consistent with additional variables. To our results, central governments should transfer powers to local authorities for the provision of social infrastructures and services as this will develop rural regions and hence, reduce inequalities among municipalities.

我们研究了2010年至2020年期间喀麦隆213个城市财政分权对城市化的影响。自1990年以来，包括喀麦隆在内的发展中国家在促进经济发展的同时转向了权力下放。利用广义最小二乘法进行估计，我们发现；财政分权对城镇化具有显著的正向影响。利用2SLS和lebel -2SLS处理内生性问题，进一步证实了前期研究的结论，即财政分权对城市化具有正向影响。这些发现与其他变量一致。根据我们的结果，中央政府应该将提供社会基础设施和服务的权力移交给地方当局，因为这将发展农村地区，从而减少城市之间的不平等。

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Bridging the rural–urban energy transition divide: Place-specific challenges in renewable energy transitions for vulnerable communities in the Philippines 弥合城乡能源转型鸿沟：菲律宾脆弱社区可再生能源转型的具体挑战

IF 2.2 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100712

Laurence L. Delina , Sanny D. Afable , Chloe Chan

Significant gaps remain in understanding the place-specific barriers to renewable energy transitions faced by vulnerable communities across the Philippines, particularly in relation to the rural–urban divide. This study examines the dynamics of energy transition in rural Eastern Samar and Zamboanga Sibugay, as well as in urban Metro Manila, using survey data that capture residents’ perceptions. Findings show that challenges reflect their unique vulnerabilities, resource limitations, and local contexts. Residents of Eastern Samar are concerned about the costs and reliability of renewable energy, but are generally open to the transition. In contrast, Zamboanga Sibugay residents, who are reliant on coal, show scepticism, fearing impacts on their livelihoods and traditional lifestyles. Cultural factors, like traditional cooking methods, influence perceptions in Eastern Samar. Urban respondents in Metro Manila mainly worry about the financial capital needed for adoption, with less concern about resource availability. These insights underscore the importance of viewing renewable technologies as integrated systems—encompassing hardware, software, and “orgware”—that impact community life. They emphasise the need for place-specific policies addressing rural and urban challenges. An energy justice approach, tailored to local conditions, is essential for distributing equitable benefits, fostering an inclusive energy transition that considers community vulnerabilities, cultural factors, and local resources. Such strategies can promote a just transition that benefits all societal segments, ensuring energy transformation aligns with community needs and capacities.

在了解菲律宾各地脆弱社区面临的可再生能源转型的地方特定障碍方面，特别是与城乡差距有关的障碍，仍然存在重大差距。本研究考察了东萨马岛和三宝鄢西布盖伊农村地区以及马尼拉都会区能源转型的动态，采用了反映居民看法的调查数据。调查结果表明，这些挑战反映了它们独特的脆弱性、资源限制和当地情况。东萨马岛的居民担心可再生能源的成本和可靠性，但总体上对转型持开放态度。相比之下，依赖煤炭的三宝颜西布盖伊居民则持怀疑态度，担心他们的生计和传统生活方式会受到影响。传统烹饪方法等文化因素影响着东萨马岛的观念。马尼拉大都会的城市受访者主要担心采用所需的金融资本，而不太关心资源的可用性。这些见解强调了将可再生技术视为集成系统的重要性——包括影响社区生活的硬件、软件和“有机软件”。他们强调有必要制定因地制宜的政策来应对农村和城市的挑战。因地制宜的能源公正方法对于公平分配利益、促进兼顾社区脆弱性、文化因素和当地资源的包容性能源转型至关重要。这种战略可以促进公正的过渡，使所有社会阶层受益，确保能源转型符合社区的需求和能力。

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Global mining and the production of inequality: a case for continued inquiry 全球采矿和不平等的产生：一个需要继续研究的案例

IF 2.2 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100708

Deanna Kemp , John R. Owen

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Agricultural cooperatives boost food security through input subsidies in rural Zambia 在赞比亚农村，农业合作社通过投入补贴促进粮食安全

IF 2.2 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100710

Cornelius Zemba , Stephen Prah , John N. Ng’ombe

While much has been learned on the impacts of cooperative membership and input subsidies in developing countries, the interplay between these two mechanisms in enhancing household food security remains unexplored. We address this gap by investigating the combined role of agricultural cooperatives and input subsidy programs at improving food security in Zambia—a context where cooperatives serve as key channels for delivering input subsidies to farmers. Using a random sample of 436 farmers from a Zambian typical rural area and instrumental variable-based causal mediation approach, we determine the impacts of cooperative membership on dietary diversity and food insecurity through input subsidy participation. The findings reveal that cooperative members benefit significantly from improved access to agricultural inputs, facilitated by input subsidies. Cooperative membership indirectly increases household dietary diversity by 11.26% and reduces food insecurity by 20.39%, demonstrating the critical role of social protection programs in amplifying the benefits of cooperatives. Although direct effects of cooperative membership also indicate improvements in dietary diversity and reductions in food insecurity, these effects are less pronounced without the mediating influence of input subsidies. The results demonstrate the necessity of aligning input subsidy programs with cooperative models to achieve meaningful food security outcomes. To maximize these benefits, the study recommends strengthening the integration of social protection programs with cooperatives, implementing targeted training for cooperative members, and promoting inclusive practices to ensure equitable access to program benefits. These insights provide valuable guidance for policymakers seeking to enhance rural development and contribute to achieving global food security goals.

虽然关于合作社成员资格和投入补贴对发展中国家的影响已经了解了很多，但这两种机制在加强家庭粮食安全方面的相互作用仍未得到探讨。我们通过调查农业合作社和投入补贴计划在改善赞比亚粮食安全方面的综合作用来解决这一差距。在赞比亚，合作社是向农民提供投入补贴的关键渠道。通过对赞比亚典型农村地区436名农民的随机抽样和基于工具变量的因果中介方法，我们通过参与投入补贴来确定合作社成员对饮食多样性和粮食不安全的影响。研究结果表明，在投入补贴的推动下，合作社成员从农业投入物获取的改善中受益匪浅。合作社成员间接使家庭饮食多样性增加11.26%，使粮食不安全状况减少20.39%，这表明社会保护计划在扩大合作社效益方面发挥了关键作用。虽然合作社成员资格的直接影响也表明饮食多样性的改善和粮食不安全状况的减少，但如果没有投入补贴的中介影响，这些影响就不那么明显。研究结果表明，为实现有意义的粮食安全成果，必须将投入补贴计划与合作模式相结合。为了最大限度地发挥这些效益，研究报告建议加强社会保护项目与合作社的整合，对合作社成员实施有针对性的培训，并促进包容性做法，以确保公平获得项目效益。这些见解为寻求加强农村发展和促进实现全球粮食安全目标的政策制定者提供了宝贵的指导。

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Land Rights for Women in Rural Ethiopia: Legal Framework and Reality 埃塞俄比亚农村妇女的土地权利：法律框架与现实

IF 2.2 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development Perspectives

Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100705

Mekonnen Nigusie Asfaw , Ayelech Kidie Mengesha , Katharina Gugerell , Reinfried Mansberger , Doris Damyanovic

The right to access land is fundamental to meaningfully empower women and to address gender disparity in developing countries. Consequently, the issue of rural women’s access to land is the crucial aspect of land law and its implementation. Proper implementation of the laws governing the right to access to rural land is essential for reinforcing gender equalities. This article investigates the adequacy of the legal and institutional framework of land rights especially for women, identifies gaps in the practical implementation of land rights for women, and offers recommendations on facilitating a better land access for rural women.To address these research objectives, a qualitative research approach was employed. Qualitative data collection techniques, such as in-depth interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were applied to collect data. The obtained data were analyzed using thematic data analysis techniques employing Atlas ti.8 Software. The study revealed that the existing formal land laws are not sufficient to ensure rural women’s land access and to protect their land rights, though rural women are required to be treated equally to men in the acquisition, use, and control of land. Gaps in the implementation of laws regulating access to rural land and a lack of institutions at local level have been identified. To better protect and enforce the right of rural women to access land, gender-sensitive legal frameworks should be properly enforced and appropriate institutional frameworks created in the study area.

在发展中国家，获得土地的权利对于有意义地赋予妇女权力和解决性别不平等问题至关重要。因此，农村妇女获得土地的问题是土地法及其执行的关键方面。适当执行有关获得农村土地权利的法律对于加强性别平等至关重要。本文调查了土地权法律和制度框架的充分性，特别是对妇女而言，确定了妇女土地权实际实施中的差距，并就促进农村妇女更好地获得土地提出了建议。为了解决这些研究目标，采用了定性研究方法。定性数据收集技术，如深度访谈，关键线人访谈和焦点小组讨论应用于收集数据。利用Atlas ti.8的专题数据分析技术对获得的数据进行分析软件。该研究表明，现行的正式土地法不足以确保农村妇女获得土地并保护其土地权，尽管农村妇女必须在土地的取得、使用和控制方面与男子平等对待。已查明在管理获得农村土地的法律的执行方面存在差距，地方一级缺乏机构。为了更好地保护和加强农村妇女获得土地的权利，应适当执行对性别问题有敏感认识的法律框架，并在研究领域建立适当的体制框架。

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