Download or read book Income Generating Activities for Rural Women in Less Developed Countries Lessons from Experience written by T. E. Ewo and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Income generating Activities for Rural Women in Developing Countries an Overview written by Jasleen Dhamija and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Income Generating Activities with Women s Participation a Re Examination of Goals and Issues written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research paper on income generating activities and development projects for women, incl. Rural women, in developing countries - covers project design, economic implications, social implications and agricultural projects, etc., and includes case studies on local levelly planned community development projects, village self help, craftsmanship, vocational training for the construction industry, self employed women's associations, etc. Bibliography p. 42.
Download or read book Building related Income Generation for Women written by United Nations Centre for Human Settlements and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lightening the Load written by Marilyn Carr and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women are central to overcoming rural poverty. They play a critical role in poverty reduction and food security because they are responsible for both production and reproduction. Rural women in developing countries have longer working days than men because of their triple roles as farmers, caretakers of their families and cash earners through income-generating activities and microfinance. In addition, increasing drought and deforestation in many parts of the world make women's workload even more burdensome as they have to walk ever-longer distances to find firewood and clean water. The multiple roles of women can act as an obstacle to development interventions, which often put additional pressure on women's time. Women's heavy workload reduces the time available for participation in project-related activities or affects their ability to care for their families. Ensuring women's access to labour-saving technologies for water, energy and farm-related activities is fundamental, and the need for such technologies is greater than it has ever been before. This timely publication looks back at three decades of experiences in introducing labour-saving technologies and practices to rural women and in combating persistent gender discrimination in access and control. It also takes into account major developments in science, technology and innovation over the last several years and shows they can benefit women.
Download or read book Training Rural Women in Income generating and Basic Life Skills Report of the Final Project Evaluation written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OBJECTIVES: Increased capacity of the Ministry Depts. and village units to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate programmes providing skill training to rural women; programmes expanded and permanently established in targeted government depts. FINDINGS: The project has contributed to the government programme to train rural women in skills for income generating activities. Mechanisms have been established for in-service training, income generating training and support to the target group. Members of the coordinating committees at government and village levels have been identified and have undergone intensive skill training. New methods and structures have been established at all levels using existing government frameworks and resources which has helped to ensure the sustainability of the activities. Flexibility in adjusting methods to experience in the field has greatly improved staff efficiency and coordination. Continuous data flow ensures that results and constraints are addressed at all levels. A Revolving Loan Fund has been set up and is working satisfactorily. Repayments are expected on time and in full. The credit scheme is regularly adjusted to suit borrower's needs. Impact assessment difficult because of lack of socio-economic data. RECOMMENDS: A socio-economic survey of the population in the target villages be carried out before further expansion or replication of project activities. The planned impact study should include a comparative analysis. Economic criteria should be established for selecting loan beneficiaries to ensure they do not include unemployed women with higher education. The government should make use of the project's approach to expand and replicate the project as long as it stays committed to reaching the main target group of low-income women, takes into account the recommendations of the evaluation mission and provides resources for the Revolving Funds for women beneficiaries. LESSONS LEARNED: A pre-project socio-economic study of the village women is essential for measuring the eventual impact of the project on the beneficiaries.
Download or read book Learning from Rural Women written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of Income Generating Activities Under DWCRA Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas written by Kiran Chander and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategies for Improving the Employment Conditions of Rural Women written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conference paper on strategies for improving the employment opportunities of rural women in developing countries. Discusses obstacles to improving social status, social role and income generating activities. Stresses the need for changes in attitudes and the promotion of women's rights and legal status. Bibliography.
Download or read book Paper on Rural Women and Income Generating Activities written by Chandni Joshi and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World Development Report 2019 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report will study how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Technological progress disrupts existing systems. A new social contract is needed to smooth the transition and guard against rising inequality. Significant investments in human capital throughout a person’s lifecycle are vital to this effort. If workers are to stay competitive against machines they need to train or retool existing skills. A social protection system that includes a minimum basic level of protection for workers and citizens can complement new forms of employment. Improved private sector policies to encourage startup activity and competition can help countries compete in the digital age. Governments also need to ensure that firms pay their fair share of taxes, in part to fund this new social contract. The 2019 World Development Report presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence.
Download or read book Role of Women in Informal Sector Development written by Asian Productivity Organization and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women s Control Over Economic Resources and Access to Financial Resources Including Microfinance written by and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ensuring women's economic empowerment and access to and control over resources requires an integrated approach to growth and development, focused on gender-responsive employment promotion and informed by the interdependency between economic and social development. Social objectives need to be incorporated into economic policies. Economic growth strategies should give attention to the real economy and focus on creating a gender-sensitive macroeconomic environment, full employment and decent work, access to land, property and other productive resources as well as financial services, and full coverage of social protection measures. The Survey outlines a number of concrete recommendations in these critical areas, which if adopted, will facilitate women's equitable access to and control over economic and financial resources.
Download or read book Women s Education in Developing Countries written by Elizabeth M. King and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do women in most developing countries lag behind men in literacy? Why do women get less schooling than men? This anthology examines the educational decisions that deprive women of an equal education. It assembles the most up-to-date data, organized by region. Each paper links the data with other measures of economic and social development. This approach helps explain the effects different levels of education have on womens' fertility, mortality rates, life expectancy, and income. Also described are the effects of women's education on family welfare. The authors look at family size and women's labor status and earnings. They examine child and maternal health, as well as investments in children's education. Their investigation demonstrates that women with a better education enjoy greater economic growth and provide a more nurturing family life. It suggests that when a country denies women an equal education, the nation's welfare suffers. Current strategies used to improve schooling for girls and women are examined in detail. The authors suggest an ambitious agenda for educating women. It seeks to close the gender gap by the next century. Published for The World Bank by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Download or read book Women and Trade written by World Bank;World Trade Organization and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between trade and gender, it is essential to assess the potential impact of trade policy on both women and men and to develop appropriate, evidence-based policies to ensure that trade helps to enhance opportunities for all. Research on gender equality and trade has been constrained by limited data and a lack of understanding of the connections among the economic roles that women play as workers, consumers, and decision makers. Building on new analyses and new sex-disaggregated data, Women and Trade: The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality aims to advance the understanding of the relationship between trade and gender equality and to identify a series of opportunities through which trade can improve the lives of women.
Download or read book Investing in All the People written by Lawrence H. Summers and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Bank Technical Paper 244. This report on the experiences of several Pacific island nations indicates that in remote villages, solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies are supplying reliable power at costs lower than those of the more commonly used diesel systems. Although the supply of electricity to households is limited, PV does provide isolated peoples with access to light and to information through television and VCRs. The study shows that the success of these programs depends not only on the technology itself but on personnel training, good fee collection systems, and careful financial management. Where managerial and technical expertise was lacking, maintenance by local, cooperatively owned utilites proved to be the best option. The authors present a case study from Tuvalu, where the solar PV system exemplifies the program's effectiveness in serving remote areas. The successful Tuvalu Solar Electric Cooperative Society (TSECS), formed in 1984, has been maintained by a well-trained technical staff with local and visiting technicians. It has also benefited from fee collection through an outside agency that prevents diversion of funds to other projects, local user committees to communicate with the utility, and an exclusive focus on PV systems. Environmentally attractive at both the global and local levels, PV solar technology appears highly promising for small-scale applications in developing countries.
Download or read book Strengthening the Agricultural Research Capacity of the Less Developed Countries written by Josette Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
