Can gender-sensitive forestry programmes increase women's income? Lessons from a forest fringe community in an Indian province

Rural Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-173

  Das, Nimai ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Community driven development; Gender sensitive forest management; India; Rural society; Women and income

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864735375     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.20.2.160     Document Type: Article

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