-household bargaining. This paper uses primary data on women's social networks in Uttarakhand, India; the modal woman has only three friends … household; perceived social norms; and an outcome of household bargaining: investments in her children. The analysis instruments …

India and the staggered rollout of a rural livelihoods intervention. Comparisons from household surveys across communities … reductions in overall household expenditure, and that these reductions were indeed the largest for women, adding to the emerging … consumption. Participation in the livelihoods program mitigated some of the reductions in household nonfood expenditure and women …