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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783461403321

Titolo

Gender, time use, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa / / edited by C. Mark Blackden and Quentin Wodon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2006

ISBN

1-280-30317-4

9786610303175

0-8213-6562-2

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 152 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Collana

World Bank working paper, , 1726-5878 ; ; no. 73

Altri autori (Persone)

BlackdenC. Mark <1954->

WodonQuentin

Disciplina

339.4/60967

Soggetti

Poverty - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Women - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Economic conditions

Time management - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Forword; Abstract; Acknowledgments; 1 Gender, Time Use, and Poverty: Introduction; Part I: Reviews of the Literature; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF BOXES; Part II: Measuring Time Poverty; Part III: Time Use and Development Outcomes

Sommario/riassunto

The papers in this volume examine the links between gender, time use, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. They contribute to a broader definition of poverty to include "time poverty," and to a broader definition of work to include household work. The papers present a conceptual framework linking both market and household work, review some of the available literature and surveys on time use in Africa, and use tools and approaches drawn from analysis of consumption-based poverty to develop the concept of a time poverty line and to examine linkages between time poverty, consumption poverty, and ot