Agency, well-being & inequality: Reflections on the gender dimensions of poverty

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-21

  Kabeer, Nalla ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL PROBLEM; CULTURAL CONTEXT; GENDER BIAS; GENDER PERSPECTIVE; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; POVERTY; POVERTY MEASUREMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; WOMEN'S STATUS;

EID: 0029750893     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.1996.mp27001002.x     Document Type: Article

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