Gender, Assets, and Agricultural Development: Lessons from Eight Projects

World Development

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 295-311

  Johnson, Nancy L ^a   Kovarik, Chiara ^a   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^a   Njuki, Jemimah ^b   Quisumbing, Agnes ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Assets; Gender; Impact evaluation; Property rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; OWNERSHIP; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84959157407     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.01.009     Document Type: Article

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