Effects of out-migration on rice-farming households and women left behind in Vietnam

Gender, Technology and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-198

  Paris, Thelma R ^a   Chi, Truong Thi Ngoc ^b   Rola Rubzen, Maria Fay ^c   Luis, Joyce S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute   (Viet Nam)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Out migration; Remittances; Vietnam; Women's empowermen

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953629409     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185241001300201     Document Type: Article

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