Gender and Economic Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gender bias, or "neutrality" in the underlying concepts, and tools of economics, has led to "invisibility" of women's economic, and non-economic work, thus, to an incomplete picture of total economic activity. This is predo...
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okr-10986-100162021-04-23T14:02:48Z Gender and Economic Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa Grieco, Margaret ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT PROCESS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE ATTENTION BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT CONDITIONALITY CROPS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DATA ANALYSIS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURES EXTENSION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER ISSUES GENDER TRAINING HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS INCOME LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY MOBILITY NGOS NUTRITION POLICY CHANGES POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY FRAMEWORK POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FUNDS RESEARCH FINDINGS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS SAPS SCIENTISTS SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL ANALYSIS SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT THINKING GENDER BIAS ECONOMIC THEORY WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ASPECTS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT COSTS MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS POLICY FORMATION PROGRAM DESIGN SECTORAL PLANNING SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING GENDER ANALYSIS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION ECONOMICS OF CULTURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES INTEGRATION Gender bias, or "neutrality" in the underlying concepts, and tools of economics, has led to "invisibility" of women's economic, and non-economic work, thus, to an incomplete picture of total economic activity. This is predominantly so in Africa, where women articulated their concern regarding the social costs of adjustment, and the impact of adjustment on women. This drove to consolidating the adjustment experience with documented findings on the effects of structural adjustment, and to address the absence of attention to gender in up-stream macroeconomic analysis, and policy formulation, which are at the core of designing adjustment programs, and sectoral strategies. The note reviews the implications, or lack thereof, in considering gender as a distinguishing factor in the design of economic adjustment measures, whose analysis suggests that the improvement in the content of adjustment to include social dimensions, still has to go farther in incorporating gender concerns. In moving toward action in adjustment, it is critical that local, and international capacity be built to undertake relevant gender analysis, focusing among others, on the gender-exclusionary bias of economic, and financial services, such as agricultural research and extension, and enterprise credit. Moreover, public expenditure analysis could provide the basis for an integrated policy, where the inclusion of gender-focused projects in the expenditure program is recommended, as a means of removing constraints limiting women's response to improved policy. 2012-08-13T10:10:40Z 2012-08-13T10:10:40Z 1994-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/06/1620932/gender-economic-adjustment-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10016 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 19 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT PROCESS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE ATTENTION BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT CONDITIONALITY CROPS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DATA ANALYSIS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURES EXTENSION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER ISSUES GENDER TRAINING HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS INCOME LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY MOBILITY NGOS NUTRITION POLICY CHANGES POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY FRAMEWORK POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FUNDS RESEARCH FINDINGS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS SAPS SCIENTISTS SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL ANALYSIS SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT THINKING GENDER BIAS ECONOMIC THEORY WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ASPECTS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT COSTS MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS POLICY FORMATION PROGRAM DESIGN SECTORAL PLANNING SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING GENDER ANALYSIS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION ECONOMICS OF CULTURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES INTEGRATION |
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ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT PROCESS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE ATTENTION BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BENEFICIARY ASSESSMENT CONDITIONALITY CROPS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DATA ANALYSIS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES EXPENDITURES EXTENSION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER ISSUES GENDER TRAINING HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS INCOME LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY MOBILITY NGOS NUTRITION POLICY CHANGES POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY FRAMEWORK POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FUNDS RESEARCH FINDINGS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS SAPS SCIENTISTS SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL ANALYSIS SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL DIMENSIONS SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT THINKING GENDER BIAS ECONOMIC THEORY WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ASPECTS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT COSTS MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS POLICY FORMATION PROGRAM DESIGN SECTORAL PLANNING SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING GENDER ANALYSIS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION ECONOMICS OF CULTURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES INTEGRATION Grieco, Margaret Gender and Economic Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 19 |
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Gender bias, or "neutrality"
in the underlying concepts, and tools of economics, has led
to "invisibility" of women's economic, and
non-economic work, thus, to an incomplete picture of total
economic activity. This is predominantly so in Africa, where
women articulated their concern regarding the social costs
of adjustment, and the impact of adjustment on women. This
drove to consolidating the adjustment experience with
documented findings on the effects of structural adjustment,
and to address the absence of attention to gender in
up-stream macroeconomic analysis, and policy formulation,
which are at the core of designing adjustment programs, and
sectoral strategies. The note reviews the implications, or
lack thereof, in considering gender as a distinguishing
factor in the design of economic adjustment measures, whose
analysis suggests that the improvement in the content of
adjustment to include social dimensions, still has to go
farther in incorporating gender concerns. In moving toward
action in adjustment, it is critical that local, and
international capacity be built to undertake relevant gender
analysis, focusing among others, on the gender-exclusionary
bias of economic, and financial services, such as
agricultural research and extension, and enterprise credit.
Moreover, public expenditure analysis could provide the
basis for an integrated policy, where the inclusion of
gender-focused projects in the expenditure program is
recommended, as a means of removing constraints limiting
women's response to improved policy. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Grieco, Margaret |
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Grieco, Margaret |
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Grieco, Margaret |
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Gender and Economic Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Gender and Economic Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Gender and Economic Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Gender and Economic Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Gender and Economic Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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gender and economic adjustment in sub-saharan africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/06/1620932/gender-economic-adjustment-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10016 |
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