Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia

This paper reviews the available data on men’s and women’s land rights, identifies what can and cannot be measured by these data, and uses these measures to assess the gaps in the land rights of women and men. Building on the conceptual framework developed in 2014 by Doss et al., we utilize national...

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Autores principales: Kieran, Caitlin, Sproule, Kathryn, Doss, Cheryl, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Kim, Sung Mi
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151460
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author Kieran, Caitlin
Sproule, Kathryn
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Kim, Sung Mi
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description This paper reviews the available data on men’s and women’s land rights, identifies what can and cannot be measured by these data, and uses these measures to assess the gaps in the land rights of women and men. Building on the conceptual framework developed in 2014 by Doss et al., we utilize nationally representative individual- and plot-level data from Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste to calculate five indicators: incidence of ownership by sex; distribution of ownership by sex; and distribution of plots, mean plot size, and distribution of land area, all by sex of owner. The results show large gender gaps in landownership across countries. However, critical data gaps cloud our understanding of land rights and why women fare better or worse in certain countries. In particular, the limited information on joint and individual ownership indicates that this is an important area for future data collection and analysis.
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spelling CGSpace1514602025-11-06T06:20:03Z Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia Kieran, Caitlin Sproule, Kathryn Doss, Cheryl Quisumbing, Agnes R. Kim, Sung Mi gender land ownership assets property rights women This paper reviews the available data on men’s and women’s land rights, identifies what can and cannot be measured by these data, and uses these measures to assess the gaps in the land rights of women and men. Building on the conceptual framework developed in 2014 by Doss et al., we utilize nationally representative individual- and plot-level data from Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste to calculate five indicators: incidence of ownership by sex; distribution of ownership by sex; and distribution of plots, mean plot size, and distribution of land area, all by sex of owner. The results show large gender gaps in landownership across countries. However, critical data gaps cloud our understanding of land rights and why women fare better or worse in certain countries. In particular, the limited information on joint and individual ownership indicates that this is an important area for future data collection and analysis. 2015-03-20 2024-08-01T02:57:28Z 2024-08-01T02:57:28Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151460 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153727 https://doi.org/10.2499/capriwp117 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153642 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41666 https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12202 https://purl.umn.edu/211848 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kieran, Caitlin; Sproule, Kathryn; Doss, Cheryl; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Kim, Sung Mi. 2015. Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1429. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151460
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Sproule, Kathryn
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Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia
title Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia
title_full Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia
title_fullStr Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia
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title_short Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia
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land ownership
assets
property rights
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151460
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