Challenging Perceptions about Men, Women, and Forest Product Use: A Global Comparative Study

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S56-S66

  Sunderland, Terry ^a   Achdiawan, Ramadhani ^a   Angelsen, Arild ^a,b   Babigumira, Ronnie ^a,b   Ickowitz, Amy ^a   Paumgarten, Fiona ^c   Reyes García, Victoria ^d,e   Shively, Gerald ^b,f  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest products; Gender; Global comparison; Income; Livelihoods

Indexed keywords

FOREST PRODUCT; GENDER; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84911446129     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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