Collective Action within the Household: Insights from Natural Resource Management

World Development

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-183

  Doss, Cheryl R ^a   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Household; IAD framework; Intrahousehold; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; GENDER; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930943041     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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