Climate, land, and women's power: evidence from rural Tanzania

• In Event: Politics of Africa

Brief Overview

We argue, through the case of coastal Tanzania, that changes in land productivity affect women's bargaining power within and outside the household, with potential unexpected consequences on community wide gender norms.

Authors

• Beatrice Montano, Columbia University

• Silvia Barbareschi, University of California-Berkeley

• Miguel Ortiz, University of California-Berkeley