Women's property rights and gendered policies: Implications for women's long-term welfare in rural Tanzania

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-30

  Peterman, Amber ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENDER ISSUE; MARGINALIZATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SELF EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; TANZANIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE; TANZANIA; WILLS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

TANZANIA;

EID: 78651230937     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220381003600366     Document Type: Article

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