Gender and social capital: The importance of gender differences for the maturity and effectiveness of natural resource management groups

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1783-1799

  Westermann, Olaf ^a   Ashby, Jacqueline ^b   Pretty, Jules ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b Rural Innovation Institute   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective action; Gender; Natural resource management; Social capital

Indexed keywords

GENDER; MATURATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 27644547543     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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