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Technology and rural women in the Third World
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Technology and rural women in the Third World

Iftikhar Ahmed
International labour review, Vol.122(4), pp.493-505
1983

Abstract

technological change income generating activities rural women social status production factor price sexual division of labour agricultural training agricultural machinery agricultural employment nonfarm employment obstacle agricultural technology choice of technology resource allocation developing countries
Article examining the impact of technological change on income generating activities for rural women in developing countries. Discusses the impact of social status, production factor price distortions, sexual division of labour and inequalities in access to agricultural training and agricultural machinery on agricultural employment and non- farm employment. Outlines the obstacles to wider dissemination of agricultural technology and implications for appropriate choice of technology and resource allocation.
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