Women and Land Deals in Africa and Asia: Weighing the Implications and Changing the Game

Feminist Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 178-201

  Daley, Elizabeth ^a   Pallas, Sabine ^b  

^a Mokoro Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Secretariat of the International Land Coalition (ILC)   (Italy)

Author keywords

gender; land; rural economic development; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896686562     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2013.860232     Document Type: Article

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