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Gender Quotas and Female Leadership

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  • Rohini Pande
  • Deanna Ford

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  • Rohini Pande & Deanna Ford, 2012. "Gender Quotas and Female Leadership," World Bank Publications - Reports 9120, The World Bank Group.
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