Much research supporting rural development policy in developing countries looks at the family resource allocation process. Most often this research employs a nuclear family model to examine the husband-wife bargaining process that determines this allocation and how it affects children. However, as this study argues, the nuclear family is not typical of rural areas in many countries. Policymakers need to take account of this fact both in the framing of research and in the design and application of rural development policy. Download full-text discussion paper .
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