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Widowhood and Asset Inheritance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence from 15 Countries

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  1. Menon, Nidhiya & van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana & Nguyen, Huong, 2014. "Women’s Land Rights and Children’s Human Capital in Vietnam," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 18-31.
  2. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2022. "Gender Equity and Land: the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Niger Delta, Nigeria," Working Papers 22/093, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).
  3. van de Walle, Dominique, 2013. "Lasting Welfare Effects of Widowhood in Mali," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 1-19.
  4. Deininger, Klaus & Xia, Fang & Kilic, Talip & Moylan, Heather, 2021. "Investment impacts of gendered land rights in customary tenure systems: Substantive and methodological insights from Malawi," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
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  6. Lambert, Sylvie & Ravallion, Martin & van de Walle, Dominique, 2014. "Intergenerational mobility and interpersonal inequality in an African economy," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 327-344.
  7. John Anyanwu, 2014. "Marital Status, Household Size and Poverty in Nigeria: Evidence from the 2009/2010 Survey Data," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 26(1), pages 118-137.
  8. van de Walle, Dominique, 2011. "Lasting welfare effects of widowhood in a poor country," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5734, The World Bank.
  9. Ioana Botea & Markus Goldstein & Kenneth Houngbedji & Florence Kondylis & Michael O’Sullivan & Harris Selod, 2025. "Certified to Stay? Long-Run Experimental Evidence on Land Formalization and Widows’ Tenure Security in Benin," Working Papers DT/2025/03, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
  10. Mathilde Sage, 2025. "Children are a Poor Women’s Wealth: How Inheritance Rights Affect Fertility," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2025004, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
  11. Peterman, Amber & Billings, Lucy & Behrman, Julia A., 2013. "Evaluation of grassroots community–based legal aid activities in Uganda and Tanzania: Strengthening women’s legal knowledge and land rights," CAPRi working papers 108, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  12. Behrman, Julia A. & Johnson, Nancy & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Njuki, Jemimah & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Rubin, Deborah & Waithanji, Elizabeth, 2011. "Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework," CAPRi working papers 99, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  13. Misheck Dube, 2019. "Empowerment and Rights-Based Social Work Interventions for Widows in Zimbabwe: A Literature Review," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(6), pages 1-94, June.
  14. Hossain, Babul & James, K.S., 2024. "Economics of widowhood mortality in adult women in India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 340(C).
  15. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2022. "Gender Equity and Land: the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Niger Delta, Nigeria," Working Papers of The Association for Promoting Women in Research and Development in Africa (ASPROWORDA). 22/022, The Association for Promoting Women in Research and Development in Africa (ASPROWORDA).
  16. Klaus Deininger & Songqing Jin & Hari K. Nagarajan & Fang Xia, 2019. "Inheritance Law Reform, Empowerment, and Human Capital Accumulation: Second-Generation Effects from India," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(12), pages 2549-2571, December.
  17. Mueller, Valerie & Billings, Lucy & Mogues, Tewodaj & Peterman, Amber & Wineman, Ayala, 2015. "Filling the legal void? Experimental evidence from a community-based legal aid program for gender-equal land rights in Tanzania," IFPRI discussion papers 1434, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  18. Feyertag, Joseph & Childress, Malcolm & Langdown, Ian & Locke, Anna & Nizalov, Denys, 2021. "How does gender affect the perceived security of land and property rights? Evidence from 33 countries," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
  19. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2022. "Gender Equity and Land: the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Niger Delta, Nigeria," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 22/093, African Governance and Development Institute..
  20. Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Kumar, Neha & Behrman, Julia A., 2011. "Do shocks affect men's and women's assets differently? A review of literature and new evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda," IFPRI discussion papers 1113, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  21. Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji & Elda Nduka Okolo‐Obasi, 2023. "Gender equity and land: The role of corporate social responsibility in Niger Delta, Nigeria," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(6), pages 1216-1238, August.
  22. Ali, Daniel Ayalew & Deininger, Klaus & Duponchel, Marguerite, 2017. "New Ways to Assess and Enhance Land Registry Sustainability: Evidence from Rwanda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 377-394.
  23. Janine Ubink & Bernardo Almeida, 2023. "Local Self‐Governance and the State in South Sudan: Studying Gendered Tenure Relations in Times of Uncertainty," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 357-367.
  24. Deininger,Klaus W. & Xia,Fang & Savastano,Sara, 2015. "Smallholders? land ownership and access in Sub-Saharan Africa: a new landscape ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7285, The World Bank.
  25. Ruth Evans, 2015. "HIV-related stigma, asset inheritance and chronic poverty: Vulnerability and resilience of widows and caregiving children and youth in Tanzania and Uganda," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 15(4), pages 326-342, October.
  26. Ayala Wineman, 2019. "Women’s welfare and livelihoods outside of marriage: evidence from rural Tanzania," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 993-1024, September.
  27. Botea, Ioana & Goldstein, Markus & Houngbedji, Kenneth & Kondylis, Florence & O’Sullivan, Michael & Selod, Harris, 2026. "Right to stay? Long-run experimental evidence on land formalization and widows’ tenure security in Benin," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
  28. Njeri Kagotho & Neema N. Salim & Michele Patak‐Pietrafesa & Stavroula Kyriakakis, 2021. "Inheriting the family farm: Generational wealth transfers in rural Kenya," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 39(S1), pages 42-60, August.
  29. Eastin, Joshua, 2018. "Climate change and gender equality in developing states," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 289-305.
  30. John Anyanwu, 2013. "Working Paper 180 - Marital Status, Household Size and Poverty in Nigeria: Evidence from the 2009-2010 Survey Data," Working Paper Series 978, African Development Bank.
  31. Huntington, Heather & Stevens, Caleb, 2023. "Taking stock of global land indicators: A comparative analysis of approaches for a globally consistent land tenure security measure," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
  32. Djuikom, Marie Albertine & van de Walle, Dominique, 2022. "Marital status and women’s nutrition in Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
  33. Carole Rakodi, 2014. "Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas," World Bank Publications - Reports 21030, The World Bank Group.
  34. Adelman, Sarah & Peterman, Amber, 2014. "Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 583-596.
  35. Araar, Abdelkrim, 2021. "The Gender Gap in Smallholder Agricultural Productivity: The Case of Cameroon," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315902, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  36. Dillon, Brian & Voena, Alessandra, 2018. "Widows' land rights and agricultural investment," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 449-460.
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