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A study by Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) of legal impediments to women’s access to land in Eastern European and Central Asian (ECA) countries, and potential solutions. The report includes country-specific examples of both problematic laws and laws that attempt to address the problem; discusses legal institutions adopted by developed market economies to help ensure women’s access to land; and includes a checklist to match legal impediments to women’s access to land in the ECA with potential solutions. | Download PDF
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