Gender, generation and poverty
Subtitle: exploring the feminisation of poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America
By: Sylvia Chant.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781843769927; 9781843769934
Subjects: Women in development -- Developing countries; Poor women -- Developing countries; Poverty -- Developing countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Analysing poverty from a gender perspective; title: The feminisation of poverty in the global South : assertions, agendas and evidence; title: Gender, generation and poverty in the Gambia; title: Gender, generation and poverty in the Philippines; title: Gender, generation and poverty in Costa Rica; title: Conclusion.