“We Learnt that Being Together Would Give us a Voice”: Gender Perspectives on the East African Improved-Cookstove Value Chain
“We Learnt that Being Together Would Give us a Voice”: Gender Perspectives on the East African Improved-Cookstove Value Chain
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“我们了解到，在一起会让我们发出声音”：东非改进炉灶价值链的性别观点
作者：
T. Sesan;M. Clifford;S. Jewitt;Charlotte Ray
改进型炉灶(ICS)已经推广了几十年，但收效甚微。希望推动吸纳的倡导者鼓励女性更多地参与ICS企业，前提是女性参与价值链将提高她们的财务底线，同时提振ICS销售。本文使用来自东非的定性证据来检验这一前提的有效性。该分析显示了整个价值链上企业的性别差异结果。在销售量最高的产业链较高级别上，妇女领导的企业的比例明显偏低。价值链定位还会影响融资等关键投入的获取，可能会加剧企业业绩中的性别差异。这些发现挑战了ICS领域的主流观点，即市场参与与赋予妇女经济权力之间的联系是不可避免的，并表明有必要超越传统的市场模式，以提高妇女的财务成果。
ABSTRACT Improved cookstoves (ICS) have been promoted for several decades, with little success. Advocates looking to drive uptake encourage greater involvement of women in ICS enterprises, on the largely unproven premise that women’s participation in the value chain will enhance their financial bottom line while giving a boost to ICS sales. This paper tests the validity of that premise, using qualitative evidence from East Africa. The analysis shows gender-differentiated outcomes for enterprises across the value chain. Women-led enterprises are significantly underrepresented at higher levels of the chain, where sales volumes are highest. Value-chain positioning also influences access to key inputs like finance, potentially reinforcing the gender divide in enterprise performance. The findings challenge the dominant narrative in the ICS field about the inevitability of the link between market participation and economic empowerment for women and indicate a need to look beyond conventional market models to enhance financial outcomes for women.
从马巴兰到马普托的木炭供应链：谁受益？
影响因子：
5.5
作者：
Baumert S
通讯作者：
Baumert S