Policy Reform toward Gender Equality in Ethiopia: Little by Little the Egg Begins to Walk

World Development

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 406-423

  Kumar, Neha ^a   Quisumbing, Agnes R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Family Code; Gender; Land registration; Reforms

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAND REGISTRATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; WOMENS STATUS;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84911897944     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.10.029     Document Type: Article

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