Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst
This paper uses evidence from Southeast Asia to challenge current interpretations of quantitative data on individual, formal asset ownership in relation to women’s decision-making power and empowerment. By overlaying quantitative data with a qualitative understanding of gender norms in rural househo...
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| author | Lambrecht, Isabel B. Mahrt, Kristi |
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| description | This paper uses evidence from Southeast Asia to challenge current interpretations of quantitative data on individual, formal asset ownership in relation to women’s decision-making power and empowerment. By overlaying quantitative data with a qualitative understanding of gender norms in rural households in Myanmar, we challenge common interpretations that have been assumed to universally reflect women’s empowerment. The paper warns that measures of individual asset ownership and decision-making may be poor indicators of women’s empowerment in Southeast Asia, and that a proper understanding of context is required for appropriate and meaningful interpretation of what have now become standard indicators. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1470582025-11-06T06:02:38Z Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst Lambrecht, Isabel B. Mahrt, Kristi gender analysis indicators empowerment assets ownership entities qualitative analysis rural areas quantitative analysis women This paper uses evidence from Southeast Asia to challenge current interpretations of quantitative data on individual, formal asset ownership in relation to women’s decision-making power and empowerment. By overlaying quantitative data with a qualitative understanding of gender norms in rural households in Myanmar, we challenge common interpretations that have been assumed to universally reflect women’s empowerment. The paper warns that measures of individual asset ownership and decision-making may be poor indicators of women’s empowerment in Southeast Asia, and that a proper understanding of context is required for appropriate and meaningful interpretation of what have now become standard indicators. 2019-12-20 2024-06-21T09:10:53Z 2024-06-21T09:10:53Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147058 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133344 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133345 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133796 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133802 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134860 https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.2019.1630845 https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2019.1626834 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.07.018 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Lambrecht, Isabel; and Mahrt, Kristi. 2019. Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1894. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147058 |
| spellingShingle | gender analysis indicators empowerment assets ownership entities qualitative analysis rural areas quantitative analysis women Lambrecht, Isabel B. Mahrt, Kristi Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst |
| title | Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst |
| title_full | Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst |
| title_fullStr | Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst |
| title_short | Gender and assets in rural Myanmar: A cautionary tale for the analyst |
| title_sort | gender and assets in rural myanmar a cautionary tale for the analyst |
| topic | gender analysis indicators empowerment assets ownership entities qualitative analysis rural areas quantitative analysis women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147058 |
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