Do shocks affect men’s and women’s assets differently? Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda

Bangladesh and Uganda were chosen, first, based on the availability of data from both countries before and after the 2007/08 food-price crisis (allowing the establishment of precrisis baseline values) and, second, because the two countries exhibit very different sociocultural traditions, implying th...

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Autores principales: Quisumbing, Agnes R., Kumar, Neha, Behrman, Julia A.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151345
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Sumario:Bangladesh and Uganda were chosen, first, based on the availability of data from both countries before and after the 2007/08 food-price crisis (allowing the establishment of precrisis baseline values) and, second, because the two countries exhibit very different sociocultural traditions, implying that the gendered impacts of shocks in each country would be different.