| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 413 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
UNU-WIDER studies in development economics |
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Studies in development economics.
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| Contents |
Marital trajectories and women's wellbeing in Senegal / Sylvie Lambert, Dominique van de Walle, and Paola Villar -- Making marriages last: trust is good, but credible information is better / Rebecca L. Thornton and Hans-Peter Kohler -- Intra-household bargaining in poor countries / Jean-Marie Baland and Roberta Ziparo -- Forced migration and attitudes towards domestic violence: Evidence from Turkey / Selim Gulesci -- Bride price and the wellbeing of women / Sara Lowes and Nathan Nunn -- Reducing early pregnancy in low-income countries: A literature review and new evidence / Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Amina Mohamed Maalim, Vincent Somville, and Bertil Tungodden -- Breaking the metal ceiling: Female entrepreneurs who succeed in male-dominated sectors / Francisco Campos, Markus Goldstein, Laura McGorman, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, and Obert Pimhidzai -- Career dynamics and gender gaps among employees in the microfinance sector / Ina Ganguli, Ricardo Hausmann, and Martina Viarengo -- Why do women co-operate more in women's groups? / James Fearon and Macartan Humphreys -- The impact of social mobilization on health service delivery and health outcomes: Evidence from rural Pakistan / Xavier Gine, Salma Khalid, and Ghazala Mansuri -- Governance and the reversal of women's rights: The case of abortion in El Salvador / Jocelyn Viterna, Jose Santos Guardado Bautista, Silvia Ivette Juarez Barrios, and Alba Evelyn Cortez -- Gender, Islam, and law / John R. Bowen -- The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughters / Nancy Qian -- Eradicating women-hurting customs: What role for social engineering? / Jean-Philippe Platteau, Giulia Camilotti, and Emmanuelle Auriol -- Are caste categories misleading? The relationship between gender and jati in three Indian states / Shareen Joshi, Nishtha Kochhar, and Vijayendra Rao -- Excess female mortality in Africa / Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray |
| Summary |
As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination in all dimensions of their lives, women lack significant autonomy. The central preoccupation of this book is to explore key sources of female empowerment and discuss the current challenges and opportunities for the future. Schematically, three main domains are distinguished. The first is marriage and women's relative bargaining position within the household. Since in developing countries marriage is essentially universal and generally arranged by the parents, women have little say in the choice of their partner and largely depend on their husband for their livelihoods and well-being. How marriage, divorce, and remarriage practices have evolved and with what effects for women, is therefore of crucial concern. The second domain is the set of options available to women outside of marriage and in the context of their community. Given the importance of household dynamics in determining female well-being, a crucial step towards women's empowerment consists of improving such options, economic and collective action opportunities in particular. The third domain belongs to the realm of over-arching discriminatory laws and cultural norms. Can the government acting as lawmaker contribute to modifying norms and practices that disadvantage women? Or, to be effective, do legal moves need to be complemented by other initiatives such as the expansion of economic opportunities for women? Do discriminatory social norms necessarily dissolve with improved legal status for women? These questions, and other related issues, are tackled from different perspectives, by top scholars with well-established experience in gender-focused economic and social research |
| Notes |
"A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2019) |
| Subject |
Women in economic development -- Developing countries
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Sex discrimination against women -- Developing countries
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Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions
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Sex discrimination against women
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Women in economic development
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Women -- Social conditions
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Anderson, Siwan, editor.
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Beaman, Lori A., editor.
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Platteau, J. P. (Jean-Philippe), 1947- editor.
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World Institute for Development Economics Research.
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| LC no. |
2018940940 |
| ISBN |
9780191868115 |
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0191868116 |
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0192565060 |
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9780192565068 |
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0192565052 |
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9780192565051 |
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