Women and development: objectives, frameworks, and policy interventions

T. Schultz ()

No 200, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: The contribution of women to an economy is in principle no different from that of men. But in practice, the problems of valuation, measurement, and policy inference are more complex and the implications for policy may be more controversial and culturally sensitive. This paper finds that the private and social returns are high on investments to improve women's economic productivity - particularly education. Where women recieve less education than men, efforts to redress that imbalance deserve priority. Measures to open women's access to information, technology, productive resources, and credit should be tested far more extensively.

Keywords: Economic Theory&Research; Population&Development; Environmental Economics&Policies; Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems; Health Monitoring&Evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989-04-30
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