Gender, Headship, and the Life Cycle: Landownership in Four Asian Countries

Published By: IFPRI on eSS | Published Date: November , 2015

To inform the formulation of policies and interventions to strengthen women’s land rights, this paper analyzes nationally representative data from Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam to understand the processes by which men and women acquire land; the social, cultural, and legal institutions surrounding gender and landownership; and the role of individual and household characteristics influencing an individual’s ability to own land.

Author(s): Kathryn Sproule, Caitlin Kieran, Agnes Quisumbing, Cheryl Doss | Posted on: Dec 02, 2015 | Views() | Download (532)


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