Women, Work and Agricultural Commercialisation in the Philippines

Maria Florol
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Maria Florol: American University

Chapter 1 in Women’s Work in the World Economy, 1992, pp 3-40 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Several studies on the promotion of ‘non-traditional’ exports in LDCs have examined the deleterious consequences on the predominantly female workers in export-processing zones.2 There has been less systematic research, however, on the effects of agricultural-export expansion on women.3 This is despite the fact that the majority of women in developing countries live in rural areas where the push for export-oriented growth is taking place as well (Quisumbing, 1988; Heyzer, 1986). This paper attempts to fill this gap in the literature by examining how agricultural commercialisation, as a result of export cropping, has affected rural women — both as workers and as family members.

Keywords: Labour Force Participation; Market Integration; Home Production; Tenure Status; International Food Policy Research Institute (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-13188-4_1

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