Women left behind ? poverty and headship in Africa
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- Annamaria Milazzo & Dominique Walle, 2017. "Women Left Behind? Poverty and Headship in Africa," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 54(3), pages 1119-1145, June.
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Housing&Human Habitats; Population Policies; Regional Economic Development; Rural Poverty Reduction;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2015-06-27 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2015-06-27 (Development)
- NEP-HME-2015-06-27 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
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