The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index

World Development

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-91

  Alkire, Sabina ^a   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^b   Peterman, Amber ^c   Quisumbing, Agnes ^b   Seymour, Greg ^d   Vaz, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Gender equality; Multidimensional measurement; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; TIME ALLOCATION; WOMENS STATUS;

BANGLADESH; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; UGANDA;

EID: 84882279499     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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