Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Author: |
HorrellSara, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
JohnsonHazel, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
MosleyPaul, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
GarikipatiS., |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
RockJune, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
VerschoorArjan, |
Place of Publication: |
London |
Published: |
Routledge; |
Year of Publication: |
2008 |
Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 233 p.)ill : |
Series: |
Routledge studies in development economics |
Subject: |
Rural women - Employment - Developing countries - |
Subject: |
Sexual division of labor - Developing countries - |
Subject: |
Sex discrimination in employment - Developing countries - |
Subject: |
Poverty - Developing countries - |
Subject: |
Electronic books - |
Online resource: |
http://www.crcnetbase.com/isbn/978-0-415-43757-8 |
Notes: |
Description based on print version record |
Summary: |
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 |
ISBN: |
9780203931264electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
0203931262electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
hbk. |
ISBN: |
hbk. |
Content Note: |
Introduction -- The surveys : countries, methodology and poverty clasifications -- Time use and labour supply in rural households -- Landlessness, poverty and labour supply in south-western Ethiopia -- Redefining gender roles and reworking gender relations : female agricultural labour in dry regions of Andhra Pradesh -- Gender relations and female labour supply in East Uganda -- Female-headed households in Zimbabwe : a different type of poverty needing a different set of solutions? -- Policies and poverty alleviation |