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Author Bussolo, Maurizio, 1964-

Title Gender aspects of the trade and poverty nexus : a macro-micro approach / Maurizio Bussolo, Rafael E. De Hoyos, editors
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 282 pages) : illustrations
Series Equity and development series
Equity and development series.
Contents Gender aspects of the trade and poverty nexus : an introduction and overview / Maurizio Bussolo and Rafael E. De Hoyos -- The gender effects of trade liberalization in developing countries : a review of the literature / Marzia Fontana -- Oil price shocks, poverty and gender : a social accounting matrix analysis for Kenya / Jean-Pascal Nganou, Juan Carlos Parra, and Quentin Wodon -- Exports and labor income by gender : a social accounting matrix analysis for Senegal / Ismael Fofana, Juan Carlos Parra, and Quentin Wodon -- Trade, growth, and gender in developing countries : a comparison of Ghana, Honduras, Senegal, and Uganda / John Cockburn [and others] -- Higher prices of export crops, intrahousehold inequality, and human capital accumulation in Senegal / Maurizio Bussolo, Rafael E. De Hoyos, and Quentin Wodon -- More coffee, more cigarettes? Coffee market liberalization, gender, and bargaining in Uganda / Jennifer Golan and Jann Lay -- Gender impacts of agricultural liberalization : evidence from Ghana / Charles Ackah and Jann Lay -- Can maquila booms reduce poverty? Evidence from Honduras / Rafael E. De Hoyos, Maurizio Bussolo, and Oscar Núñez
Summary This volume introduces the gender dimension in the empirical analyses on the links between trade and poverty. Gender disparities, an important component of overall inequality, may limit the gains from trade and the potential benefits to poor people. This view is supported by the robust finding that while growth (as well as the gains from trade) is the major vehicle of lifting people out of poverty, it is more likely to be pro-poor when initial inequality is low. High inequality directly lowers the rate of poverty reduction by hindering growth. Ample evidence shows that, in spite of recent impro
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Sex role.
Poverty.
Commerce.
sex role.
poverty.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
Commerce
Poverty
Sex role
Form Electronic book
Author Bussolo, Maurizio, 1964-
De Hoyos, Rafael E.
LC no. 2008044224
ISBN 9780821377635
0821377639
1282101110
9781282101111
9786612101113
6612101113