Development interventions, changing livelihoods, and the making of female Maasai pastoralists

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-378

  Wangui, Elizabeth Edna ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Drylands; Gender Roles; Kenya; Livelihoods; Pastoralists

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449097505     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-007-9111-z     Document Type: Article

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