Gender, economic growth and poverty : market growth and state planning in Asia and the Pacific

Corporate Author: Asian and Pacific Development Centre.
Other Authors: Heyzer, Noeleen, Sen, Gita, Heyzer,Noeleen., Sen,Gita.
Language:English
Published: New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1994.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Market, State and Gender Equity / Noeleen Heyzer
  • Poverty, Economic Growth and Gender Equity: The Asian and Pacific Experience / Cita Sen
  • Poverty in Asia: An Overview / Dipak Mazumdar
  • Economic Growth and Poverty in Korea: A Gender Perspective / Uhn Cho
  • Gender and Poverty in Development Planning and Patterns of Economic Growth and Social Development in Sri Lanka / P. J. Alailima
  • Trends in Socio-economic Development and Centralized Social Planning / Marjorie Andrew and Caroline Turk
  • Women, Urban Poverty and Economic Development / Om Prakash Mathur and Indu Patnaik
  • Women and Poverty: The Experience of the Accelerated Mahaweli Development Programme in Sri Lanka / Swarna Jayaweera, Malsri Dias and Nedra Weerakoon Goonewardene
  • Poverty Alleviation Programmes for Women in Pakistan / Faiz Bilqees and Moazam Mahmood
  • Increasing Women's Access to Credit in Asia: Achievements and Limitations / Noeleen Heyzer.
  • The Basic Minimum Needs Approach to Poverty and Gender Issues in Thailand / Orapin Sopchokchai and Twatchai Yongkittikul
  • The Devblopment of Household Economies and Market Systems in Improving the Gender and Poverty Situation in Vietnam / Hoang ThiLich
  • Gender and Poverty in Socialist Economies: The World Bank Experience / Michael Bamberger
  • Gender Sensitive Approaches to the Identification and Alleviation of Poverty in Papua New Guinea / Elizabeth Cox.