Women's empowerment and the creation of social capital in Indian villages

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 974-988

  Janssens, Wendy ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asia; Cooperation; Impact evaluation; India; Social capital; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EMPOWERMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VILLAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; INDIA;

EID: 77952551335     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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