Record Author: Doss, C
Methods for Measuring Women’s Empowerment
Beyond Ownership: Tracking progress on women’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
Full citation: Slavchevska, V., De la O Campos, A. P., Brunelli, C., & Doss, C. (2017). Beyond Ownership: Tracking progress on women’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Paper presented at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference, Washington DC, March 20-24.
Women’s Land Tenure Security: A Conceptual Framework
By Kat Oak
Full citation: Doss, C., & R. Meinzen-Dick. (2018). Women’s Land Tenure Security: A Conceptual Framework. Seattle, WA: Research Consortium.
Property Rights and the Gender Distribution of Wealth in Ecuador, Ghana and India
Full citation: Deere, C. D., Oduro, A., Swaminathan, H. and Doss, C., “Property Rights and the Gender Distribution of Wealth in Ecuador, Ghana and India,” 13 GENDER ASSET GAP PROJECT WORKING PAPER (August 2012). – This paper finds that basic property rights are insufficient, for much depends upon the legal and cultural regimes related to marriage and inheritance. Drawing upon household asset surveys which collected individual level ownership data in Ecuador, Ghana and the state of Karnataka in India, it estimates married women’s share of couple wealth and relate it to whether major household assets are owned individually or jointly […]
Women, Marriage and Asset Inheritance in Uganda
Full citation: Doss, C., Truong, M., Nabanoga, G. and Namaalwa, J., “Women, Marriage and Asset Inheritance in Uganda,” 184 CPRC WORKING PAPER (Chronic Poverty Research Centre 2010). – The study uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative research. The first phase involved interviewing focus groups and key informants about assets held by men and women in the communities and on patterns of acquisition and social norms surrounding asset ownership and inheritance. The second phase was a household and intra-household survey. Life-history interviews were also conducted. The study found that many women gain access to land or ownership through their marital […]
Women’s individual and joint property ownership: Effects on household decisionmaking
Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps Evidence from Ecuador, Ghana and Karnataka, India
Full citation: Cheryl Doss, Carmen Diana Deere, Abena D. Oduro, Hema Swaminathan, Suchitra J. Y., Rahul Lahoti, W. Baah-Boateng, L. Boakye-Yiadom, Jackeline Contreras, Jennifer Twyman, Zachary Catanzarite, Caren Grown, and Marya Hillesland. The Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps: Evidence from Ecuador, Ghana, and Karnataka, India. Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 2011.
Gender Inequalities in Ownership and Control of Land in Africa: Myths versus Reality
Full citation: Doss, C., Kovarik, C., Peterman, A., Quisumbing, A. and van den Bold, M., “Gender Inequalities in Ownership and Control of Land in Africa: Myths versus Reality,” 01308 IFPRI DISCUSSION PAPER (December 2013).
Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Land Acquisitions
Full citation: Bomuhangi, A., Doss, C. and Meinzen-Dick, R., “Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Land Acquisitions,” 1136 IFPRI DISCUSSION PAPER (November 2011).
Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
Full citation: Doss, C., Meinzen-Dick, R., and Bomuhangi, A. (2014). “Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Large-Scale Land Acquisitions.” Feminist Economics, 20(1), 76-100. – This article is based on a 2008–09 study of land tenure in Uganda. It analyzes how different definitions of land ownership – including household reports, existence of ownership documents, and rights over the land – provide very different indications of the gendered patterns of land ownership and rights. While many households report husbands and wives as joint owners of the land, women are less likely to be listed on ownership documents, […]