CONTENTS: Brief 1. Overview / Agnes R. Quisumbing and Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick — Brief 2. Land Rights / Eve Crowley — Brief 3. Water Rights / Barbara Van Koppen — Brief 4. Rights to Livestock / Beth A. Miller — Brief 5. Technology / Thelma R. Paris, Hilary Sims Feldstein, and Guadalupe Duron — Brief 6. Education / Elizabeth M. King and Harold Alderman — Brief 7. Labor Markets and Employment / Ruthanne Deutsch, Suzanne Duryea, and Claudia Piras — Brief 8. Health and Nutrition / Stuart Gillespie — Brief 9. Social Capital / Mercy S. Dikito-Wachtmeister — Brief 10. Microfinance / Manohar Sharma — Brief 11. Safety Nets / Michelle Adato and Shelley Feldman — Brief 12. Law and Legal Reform / Gita Gopal