Effects of Gender Inequality in Resource Ownership and Access on Household Welfare and Food Security in Kenya: A Case Study of West Pokot District

ISBN-13: 9783631550793 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 223 str.

Pamela Marinda

Spis treści

Contents: Gender Equality - Economic Growth and Food Security - Overview of Kenya - Models and Research Methods - Inter and Intra-household Resource Allocation - Effects of Resource Access and Ownership on Household Welfare and Food Security.

O autorze

The Author: Pamela Marinda, born in 1974 in Kenya, obtained her Bachelor of Education degree in Home Economics from Moi University in 1997 and an MSc in Home Economics from Kenyatta University in 2001. She participated in the Master of Science programme, «Agricultural Sciences, Food Security and Natural Resource Management in the Tropics and Sub-tropics» at the University of Hohenheim. From 2002 to 2005, the author worked as a research associate at the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Sub-tropics at the University of Hohenheim. In 2005, she was awarded a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim.