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WBL: Legal Framework, Assets, The law grants equal inheritance rights to male and female surviving spouses

The indicator assesses whether the law: (1) recognizes equal inheritance rights and, if established, the same order of succession for male and female surviving spouses; AND widows do not lose their right to inherited property upon remarriage; OR (2) provides for equal shares of inheritance and, if established, the same order of succession for male and female surviving spouses; AND widows do not lose their right to inherited property upon remarriage.

Score = 1 if any of the two conditions is met; otherwise, score = 0. For details, please refer to the WBL Methodology Handbook (link: https://wbl.worldbank.org/content/dam/sites/wbl/documents/2026/WBL-Methodology-Handbook-2026-FINAL.pdf).