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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2006
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 152 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 339.4/60967
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Women - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Economic conditions; Time management - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions 1960-
• Altri autori: BlackdenC. Mark <1954-> WodonQuentin
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender, time use, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
• ISBN: 1-280-30317-4; 9786610303175; 0-8213-6562-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826897103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.