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Securing Property Rights for Women and Men in Rural Benin

Women in Sub-Saharan Africa are less likely than men to own land. They also use less land and have lower tenure security over the land that they use. This gap is costly in terms of lost productive output. The early results showed that improved tenu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Goldstein, Markus, Houngbedji, Kenneth, Kondylis, Florence, O'Sullivan, Michael, Selod, Harris
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
LANDS
LAND
LANDOWNERS
PRODUCTION
HOUSEHOLDS
GENDER
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
PROPERTY RIGHTS
INFORMATION
INVESTMENTS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
SOIL FERTILITY
LAND RIGHTS
PROPERTY
PROPERTY REGISTRATION
WOMEN
AGRICULTURAL
RESEARCH
FARMERS
OWNERSHIP
LAND TENURE
TENURE
CROPS
ECONOMICS
LAND USE
LAND ADMINISTRATION
SOIL
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/803771467991943736/Securing-property-rights-for-women-and-men-in-rural-Benin
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25453

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