Work, Female Empowerment and Economic Development

Zusatztext "This book follows in the tradition! established by the Nobel laureate Amartya Sen! of regarding issues of gender in general! and the treatment of women in particular! as central to the process of economic development" Vani Borooah (University of Ulster! UK) Informationen zum Autor Sara Horrell, Hazel Johnson, Paul Mosley Klappentext This book discusses how to alleviate poverty in Africa, identifying the constraints under which women operate and policies that will aid growth and empower women, recognizing the importance of bargaining parameters and the role of assets. Zusammenfassung This book discusses how to alleviate poverty in Africa, identifying the constraints under which women operate and policies that will aid growth and empower women, recognizing the importance of bargaining parameters and the role of assets. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Surveys: Countries, Methodology and Poverty Clasifications 3. Time Use and Labour Supply in Rural Households 4. Landlessness, Poverty and Labour Supply in South-western Ethiopia 5. Redefining Gender Roles and Reworking Gender Relations: Female Agricultural Labour in Dry Regions of Andhra Pradesh 6. Gender Relations and Female Labour Supply in Eastern Uganda 7. Female-headed Households in Zimbabwe: A Different Type of Poverty Needing a Different Set of Solutions? 8. Policies and Poverty Alleviation

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• Authors: Sara Horrell, Sara (University of Cambridge Horrell, Sara Johnson Horrell, Hazel J. Mosley Johnson, Hazel Mosley Johnson, JOHNSON HAZEL MOSLEY PAUL PROFE, Horrell H. Sara
• Assisted by: Sara Horrell (Editor), Sara (University of Cambridge Horrell (Editor), Horrell Sara (Editor), Hazel Johnson (Editor), Hazel (The Open University Johnson (Editor), Hazel J. Johnson (Editor), Paul Mosley (Editor), Paul (Professor of Economics Mosley (Editor), Paul (University of Sheffield Mosley (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2008
• EAN: 9780415437578
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43757-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics; Routledge Studies in Development Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General