Women's empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?

World Development

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-52

  Sraboni, Esha ^a   Malapit, Hazel J ^b   Quisumbing, Agnes R ^b   Ahmed, Akhter U ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bangladesh; Food security; Gender parity; South Asia; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EMPOWERMENT; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRADE-OFF; WOMENS STATUS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84899830749     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.025     Document Type: Article

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