Pietra Rivoli Quotes:
Ocupation: Professor
Life: b. 1957
In many poor countries, if the daughter is told who she's going to marry, and told that she's going to live in the village with her husband's family, she really has very little opportunity to make her own decisions. If she comes for a while to work in a factory, she has her own money. In family agriculture, it's never your money. It's whatever somebody decides to give you. For many people this is tremendously valuable, because then they can step up.
topic: Daughter, Country, Husband, Poor Countries
