Promoting women's economic empowerment: What works?

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 59-101

  Buvinić, Mayra ^a   Furst Nichols, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; JOB SEARCH; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WAGE DETERMINATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84960173057     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: 15646971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lku013     Document Type: Article

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