Overview

First published in 1985, Technology and Rural Women synthesizes the fragmented empirical evidence and the wide range of theoretical approaches on the effects of modernisation on women in the developing world. Using a multi-disciplinary methodology, empirical and sectoral overviews, and country case studies, it draws together the literature to clarify the issues and the policies. The book begins with a conceptual overview and analyses the applicability of traditional theories of technological change and impact on gender based distributional questions. It proceeds to compare the African and Asian experience, examines the African situation regionally, and then as a set of four country case studies. The authors find that the imperfections of rural factor markets have contributed to women’s concentration in labour intensive sectors, marked by low productivity and low returns. Biases in the agrarian structure and the extension services are largely responsible for the Institutionalisation of discrimination against women. Finally, the volume identifies the social, economic, and technical constraints to the diffusion of technologies relevant to rural women’s tasks. In the final chapter the book’s analysis is further refined and extended, so that its conclusions to both theory and policy making are clearly brought out, and areas of future research identified. This book is an essential read for students and scholars of labour economics, women’s studies and economics in general.

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Author:   Iftikhar Ahmed
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.743kg
ISBN:  

9781032321523

ISBN 10:   1032321520
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   30 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Editor’s Acknowledgements List of Contributors List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction Part I: Conceptual Approaches 2. Technological Change and Rural Women: A Conceptual Analysis 3. Effects of Technological Change on Rural Women: A Review of Analysis and Concepts Part II: Empirical Overviews 4. Women and Technological Change in Agriculture: The Asian and African Experience 5. Technologies for Rural Women: Impact and Dissemination Part III: Programmes and Projects 6. Modernisation, Production Organisation and Rural Women in Kenya 7. Technologies for Rural Women of Ghana: Role of Socio-Cultural Factors 8. Innovation and Rural Women in Nigeria: Cassava Processing and Food Production 9. Improved Technologies for Rural Women: Problems and Prospects in Sierra Leone 10. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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