Tracking gender equity under economic reforms : continuity and change in South Asia / editors, Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Ratna M. Sudarshan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mukhopadhyay, Swapna.

Sudarshan, Ratna M.

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in economic development--South Asia.

Women in economic development.

Women employees--South Asia--Economic conditions.

Women employees.

South Asia--Economic conditions.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : International Development Research Centre ; New Delhi : Kali for Women, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contributed articles on women employees in economic development process in South Asia.

Contents:

Non-conventional indicators of gender disparities under structural reforms / Shobna Sonpar and Ravi Kapur

Household response to gender issues : a survey on households of female EPZ workers in Bangladesh / Salma Chaudhuri Zohir

Status of women under economic reforms : the Indian case / Swapna Mukhopadhyay

Economic reform and the status of women in Nepal / APROSC

Gender and adjustment policies : evidence from Pakistan / Rehana Siddiqui, Shahnaz Hamid, Rizwana Siddiqui, and Naeem Akhtar

Continuity and change : women workers in garment and textile industries in Sri Lanka / Swarna Jayaweera

Family structure, women's education and work : re-examining the high status of women in Kerala / Mridul Eapen and Praveena Kodoth

Trade, gender, and employment issues / Manju Senapaty

Gender in a macroeconomic framework : a CGE model analysis / Anushree Sinha and Sangeeta N.

Towards integration? gender and economic policy / Ratna M. Sudarshan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-71728-9

1-55250-018-7

9786610717286

OCLC:

421750725