Work, female empowerment and economic development
By: Sara Horrell ... [et al.].
Series: Routledge studies in development economics -- 65; Routledge studies in development economics -- 65.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780415437578; 9780203931264
Description: This title discusses how to alleviate poverty in Africa, identifying the constraints under which women operate and policies that will aid growth and empower women, recognising the importance of bargaining parameters and the role of assets.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The surveys : countries, methodology and poverty clasifications; title: Time use and labour supply in rural households; title: Landlessness, poverty and labour supply in south-western Ethiopia; title: Redefining gender roles and reworking gender relations : female agricultural labour in dry regions of Andhra Pradesh; title: Gender relations and female labour supply in East Uganda; title: Female-headed households in Zimbabwe : a different type of poverty needing a different set of solutions?; title: Policies and poverty alleviation.