Agency and empowerment: A proposal for internationally comparable indicators

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-403

  Ibrahim, Solava ^a   Alkire, Sabina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

EID: 36749018056     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810701701897     Document Type: Article

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