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Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India. In pri-marily rural economies such as those of South Asia the most important property in question is arable land. Economic analysis and policies concerning women have long been preoccupied with employ-ment, to the neglect of a crucial determinant of women’s situation, namely the gender gap in com-mand over property. This is especially (but not only) true in analysis relating to South Asia.

Gender and command over property: A critical gap in economic analysis and policy in South Asia. Does women’s proportional strength affect their participation? Governing local forests in South Asia. World development 38 (1), 98-112, 2010. World development 22 (10), 1455-1478, 1994.

Bina Agarwal is an Indian development economist and Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester. She has written extensively on land, livelihoods and property rights; environment and development; the political economy of gender; poverty and inequality; legal change; and agriculture and technological transformation.

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Bina Agarwal is an economist and director of the Institute of Economic Growth at the University of Delhi. Agarwal B (1994a) Gender and command over property: a critical gap in economic analysis and policy in South Asia. World Dev 22(10):1455–1476Google Scholar. Agarwal B (1994b) A field of one’s own: gender and land rights in South Asia. Cambridge University Press, CambridgeGoogle Scholar. Agarwal B (1997) Bargaining and gender relations: within and beyond the household. Feminist Econ 3(1):1–51Google Scholar.

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Gender and Command over Property. An economic analysis of South Asia

Gender and Command over Property. BINA AGARWAL Economic analysis and policies concerning women have long been preoccupied with employment, to the neglect of a crucial determinant of womens situation, namely, the gender gap in command over property. It is argued here that the gender gap in the ownership and control of property is the single most critical contributor to the gender gap in economic well-being, social status and empowerment.

This is the first major study of gender and property in South Asia. In a pioneering and comprehensive analysis Bina Agarwal argues that the single most important economic factor affecting women's situation is the gender gap in command over property. In rural South Asia, the most significant form of property is arable land, a critical determinant of economic well-being, social status, and empowerment. This is the first major study of gender and property in South Asia.