One of the studies of Dr. Bernadette Gumba, Associate Professor of Economics and faculty of the Department of Social Sciences, entitled “Women`s Control of the Means of Production and Economic Output in a Poor Municipality in the Philippines” has been published by the Humanities and Social Sciences Review (HSSR), CD-ROM. ISSN: 2165-6258 :: 2(2):273–282 (2013) Copyright 2013 by UniversityPublications.net.

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This research was made possible through the financial grant from the Commission on Higher Education Zonal Research Center (CHED-ZRC). Dr. Gumba has presented this paper at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference held last May 26-30, 2013 at the Harvard University, Boston, USA.