Land Governance, Gender Equality and Development: Past Achievements and Remaining Challenges

Journal of International Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 412-427

  Ravnborg, Helle Munk ^a   Spichiger, Rachel ^a   Broegaard, Rikke Brandt ^b   Pedersen, Rasmus Hundsbæk ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Danish Institute for Internaitonal Studies   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Customary; Development cooperation; Gender equality; Land tenure; Legal; Statutory

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND TENURE; LEGISLATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84960384729     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.3215     Document Type: Article

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