Gender, remittances and asset accumulation in Ecuador and Ghana

This paper explores whether women—as migrants or recipients of remittances—are able to accumulate physical and financial assets on par with men and, if not, the gendered constraints to this process. This question is important since ownership of assets is associated with women’s relative economic aut...

• Main Author: Deere, Carmen Diana (author)
• Other Authors: Alvarado, Gina (author), Oduro, Abena D. (author), Boakye-Yiadom, Louis (author)
• Format: book
• Language: eng
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: GÉNERO; REMESAS; ACUMULACIÓN DE ACTIVOS; MIGRACIÓN; RELACIONES ECONÓMICAS; RECESIÓN ECONÓMICA; MIGRACIÓN DE RETORNO; POLÍTICA GUBERNAMENTAL; IGUALDAD DE GÉNERO; ECUADOR; GHANA; AMÉRICA LATINA
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10469/24302; https://biblio.flacsoandes.edu.ec/libros/141293-opac