Measurement of Women's Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 610-619

  Mahmud, Simeen ^a   Shah, Nirali M ^b   Becker, Stan ^c  

^a BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Choice; Empowerment; Measurement; Self esteem; South Asia

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ISSUE; RURAL AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84856325513     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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