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GENDER
AND COMMAND OVER PROPERTY: An
Economic Analysis of South Asia
Bina Agarwal
Rs 40 Pb 1996
81-85107-31-9
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This monograph focuses on the link between gender
inequities and command over property. It outlines
why, in rural South Asia, where arable land is the
most important form of property, any significant
improvement in women’s economic and social
situation is crucially tied to their having independent
land rights. Yet, despite progressive legislation,
few South Asian women own land. The reason for the
gap between women’s legal rights and their
actual ownership of land, is a complex range of
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BINA
AGARWAL
is Professor
of Economics, Institute of Economic Growth,
University of Delhi. She is the author of
A Field of
One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in
South Asia. |
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