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The University of Manchester: Manchester, GB

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University of Manchester - PURE

University of Manchester: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

2012-10-01 to present | Professor of Development Economics and Environment (Global development institute, School for Environment, Education and Development)
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Bina Agarwal

Institute of Economic Growth: Delhi, Delhi, IN

1981-11-13 to 2012-10 | Professor of Economics
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Bina Agarwal

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

1977 to 1977 | MA (Economics)
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Bina Agarwal

Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi: New Delhi, Delhi, IN

1974 to 1977 | PhD (Economics)
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Bina Agarwal

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

1970 to 1972 | Economics Tripos (Economics)
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Professional activities (1)

Paris School of Economics and Sciences Po: Paris, France, FR

2024-03-12 | First Global Inequality Research Award (Paris School of Economics and Sciences Po)
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Works (32)

The power of women's collective action

2025-03-21 | Book chapter
Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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Do courts grant women their inheritance shares?

World Development
2024-10-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; Shruthi Naik
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University of Manchester - PURE

Gender, Presence and Representation

Social Change
2023-03-11 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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Does the landowner's gender affect self-cultivation and farm productivity? An analysis for India

Journal of Development Studies
2023-01-29 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; Malvika Mahesh
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Imperatives of recognising the complexities: gendered impacts and responses to COVID-19 in India

Economia Politica
2022-04-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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How Many and Which Women Own Land In India?

The Journal of Development Studies
2021-04-08 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; Pervesh Anthwal ; Malvika Mahesh
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Reflections on the less visible and less measured: Gender and COVID-19 in India

Gender and Society
2021-03-19 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

My Vision of India 2047AD

Her Right to Equality
2021-03-08 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

Livelihoods in Covid Times

World Development
2021-01-06 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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COVID-19 and the case for global development

World Development
2020-10-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Johan Oldekop; Rory Horner; David Hulme; Roshan Adhikari; Bina Agarwal; Matthew Alford; Oliver Bakewell; Nicola Banks; Stephanie Barrientos; Tanja Bastia et al.
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A Tale of Two Experiments: Institutional innovations in Women's Group Farming in India

Canadian Journal of Development Studies
2020-08-07 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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Experiments in farmer collectives in Eastern India and Nepal: process, benefits and challenges

Journal of Agrarian Change
2020-07-21 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; Fraser Sugden; Stephanie Leder; Panchali Saikia; Manita Raut; Anoj Kumar; Dhananjay Ray
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A tale of two experiments: institutional innovations in women’s group farming in India

Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement
2020-04-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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Labouring for Livelihoods: Gender, Productivity and Collectivity

The Indian Journal of Labour Economics
2020-03-30 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

Does Group farming empower women?

Journal of Peasant Studies
2019-07-31 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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Gender equality, food security and the sustainable development goals

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
2018-10 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

Can Group Farms Outperform Individual Family Farms?

World Development
2018-08-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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Do farmers really like farming? Indian farmers in transition

Oxford Development Studies
2017-02-08 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; Ankush Agrawal
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University of Manchester - PURE

Does the gender composition of forest and fishery management groups affect resource governance and conservation outcomes? A systematic map

Environmental Evidence
2016-12-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Craig Leisher; Gheda Temsah; Francesca Booker; Michael Day; Leah Samberg; Debra Prosnitz; Bina Agarwal; Elizabeth Matthews; Dilys Roe; Diane Russell et al.
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To farm or not to farm? Indian farmers in transition

Global Development Institute Working Paper Series: 001
2016-04-01 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; Ankush Agrawal
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University of Manchester - PURE

“The Power of Numbers in Gender Dynamics: Illustrations from Community Forestry Groups”

Journal of Peasant Studies
2015 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

“Food sovereignty, food security and democratic choice: critical contradictions, difficult conciliations”

Journal of Peasant Studies
2014-01-17 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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Food Security, Productivity and Gender Inequality

Handbook of Food, Politics and Society
2013 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; Ronald Herring
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University of Manchester - PURE

Food Security, Productivity and Gender Inequality

Working Paper, forthcoming as book contribution
2011 | Working paper | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

Gender and Green Governance: The Political Economy

2010 | Book | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

Rethinking agricultural production collectivities

Economic and Political Weekly
2010-02-27 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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Does Women's Proportional Strength Affect their Participation? Governing Local Forests in South Asia

World Development
2010-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

Gender and forest conservation: The impact of women's participation in community forest governance

Ecological Economics
2009-09-15 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

Rule making in community forestry institutions: The difference women make

Ecological Economics
2009-06-15 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal
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University of Manchester - PURE

Engaging with Sen on Gender Relations

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2008 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; Ravi Kanbur; Kaushik Basu
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University of Manchester - PURE

Overcoming Participatory Exclusions

The State of Access Success and Failure of Democracies in Creating Equal Opportunities
2008 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; R Gowher; J de Long
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University of Manchester - PURE

Amartya Sen's Work and Ideas - A Gender Perspective

Amartya Sen's Work and Ideas - A Gender Perspective
2005 | Book chapter | Editor
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Contributors: Bina Agarwal; Jane Humphries; Ingrid Robeyns
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University of Manchester - PURE