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Technology and Rural Women: Conceptual and Empirical Issues book cover

1st Edition

Technology and Rural Women Conceptual and Empirical Issues

Edited By Iftikhar Ahmed Copyright 1985
402 Pages
by Routledge

402 Pages
by Routledge

402 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

Preface Editor’s Acknowledgements List of Contributors List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction Iftikhar Ahmed Part I: Conceptual Approaches 2. Technological Change and Rural Women: A Conceptual Analysis Amit Bhaduri 3. Effects of Technological Change on Rural Women: A Review of Analysis and Concepts Ann Whitehead Part II: Empirical Overviews 4. Women and Technological Change in Agriculture: The Asian and African Experience Bina Agarwal 5. Technologies for Rural Women: Impact and Dissemination Marilyn Carr Part III: Programmes and Projects 6. Modernisation, Production Organisation and Rural Women in Kenya Viviane Ventura -Dias 7. Technologies for Rural Women of Ghana: Role of Socio-Cultural Factors Eugenia Date-Bah 8. Innovation and Rural Women in Nigeria: Cassava Processing and Food Production Tomilayo Adekanye 9. Improved Technologies for Rural Women: Problems and Prospects in Sierra Leone Yvette Stevens 10. Conclusions Iftikhar Ahmed Bibliography Index

Biography

Iftikhar Ahmed

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