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How formalization closed the gender gap in Peru and the impact on women's empowerment

Project number

2809

Client

The Research Council of Norway

Project leader

Henrik Wiig

Department

International Studies

Time frame

01.10.2009

Value

NOK 5 500 000

Summary

To investigate the effects of this comprehensive and prompt titling process on gender relations in order to improve supporting policies and institutions in Peru, and furthermore transfer their experiences to other developing countries undergoing similar formalization processes today.

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Publications

Henrik Wiig, Daniela Orge Fuentes

Closing the gender land gap: The effects of land-titling for women in Peru

Working Paper 2009:120 Oslo: Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, ISBN: 978-82-7071-816-0