Search Results - subject:"Property Ownership"

Women's legal rights and gender gaps in property ownership in developing countries

Gaddis, Isis; Lahoti, Rahul; Swaminathan, Hema - 2020

Women's property ownership matters for their well-being and agency; it can also advance economic prosperity and promote … comprehensive overview of gender differences in property ownership in the developing world. Using Demographic and Health Survey data … incidence of property ownership (land and housing) and the factors associated with these gaps, focusing on the role of legal …

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THE MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR GALICIAN FOREST AND ITS IMPACT ON 2006 WILDFIRE CRISIS

Balsa Barreiro, José - In: Revista Galega de Economía 21 (2012) 2

Most of surface of Galicia consists of forest land, making it one of the most important forestal areas in Europe. Even so, Galicia´s forests have over average expectations regarding their sustainability. But there are some current problems inherited by a management model which has some serious...

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Marital violence and women's employment and property status: evidence from North Indian villages

Bhattacharya, Manasi; Bedi, Arjun S.; Chhachhi, Amrita - 2009

Dominant development policy approaches recommend women's employment on the grounds that it facilitates their empowerment, which in turn is believed to be instrumental in enhancing women's well-being. However, empirical work on the relationship between women's employment status and their...

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Marital Violence and Women's Employment and Property Status: Evidence from North Indian Villages

Bhattacharya, Manasi; Bedi, Arjun S.; Chhachhi, Amrita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

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Taxing Property Transactions versus Taxing Property Ownership

Sexton, Terri A. - International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young … - 2008

Few studies have examined the use and effects of real property transfer taxes, especially in the U.S. This paper examines the variety of transfer tax programs currently in use in the U.S. and compares them to property taxes in terms of equity, efficiency, and revenue potential and stability. The...

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How Have Come into Existence, What Direction Have Taken and Why Has Been Suppressed the So Called Šik's Reform (Memoirs of Journalist and Economist)

Šulc, Zdislav - In: Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2007 (2007) 7, pp. 417-431

The article deals with second attempt at reform of the Soviet model mechanism and function of nationalized central planned economy. This system has been introduced in Czechoslovakia since 1953. In contrary to the failure at the end of the 1950s, linking generally to K. Rozsypal, first deputy of...

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Rights-based Strategies in the Prevention of Domestic Violence

Panda, Pradeep Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2006

This study is an attempt to broaden the discussion about the prevention of domestic violence against women, informed by a rights based strategy. The study discusses the critical elements of a human rights framework to reduce domestic violence, presents research findings on the prevalence and...

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