Combines macro- and micro-level methodological techniques and supplements them with historical data from demographic records; of interest to demographers, economic planners, project formulators and those interested in women's studies, since it shows how great the effect of development projects is on women, even if they are not directly concerned by them.

Some 30 years ago, fishing and fish preservation activities in three villages in Kerala (India) were mechanized, with financial and technical assistance provided under the Indo-Norwegian project. Except where women benefited directly from social infrastructure facilities built into the project, they were left out of the project design.; This book reports on the impact of these changes on the lives of women from fishing households and shows that they were considerably affected, both economically and demographically.

This study provides clear guidelines for measuring the contribution of women to agricultural production in developing societies, which should be of interest to those involved in research and development planning.

This book provides a survey and analysis of the different ways in which women's work is valued throughout the world. It challenges the narrow definition of work as paid work, as that excludes so many of women's activities. It looks at ways in which women's worth has been consistently undervalued in industrial as well as non-industrial countries, in socialist as well as free-enterprise economies. These practices distort the national product of countries heavily dependent on women's labour, but, above all, they are among the most obvious marks of the exploitation of women. Technological changes are already altering established female/male divisions of labour. Transnational enterprises, often located in Special Economic Zones, are reducing differences between industrial and nonindustrial countries. Valuing women's work correctly, whether unpaid in the home or underpaid outside it, is part of the battle against discrimination and poverty. Men who do similar work also benefit. It is the crucial step towards the achievement of male/female equality. The book will be particularly valuable for those concerned with the issues, in trade unions, women's groups, international agencies and NGOs and for course in economics and social studies.

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