Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh
The brief states that the bargaining power of men and women crucially shapes the resource allocation decisions households make. Husbands and wives often use their bargaining power to express different priorities about how assets should be allocated. Understanding these differences and their effects...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2000
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| description | The brief states that the bargaining power of men and women crucially shapes the resource allocation decisions households make. Husbands and wives often use their bargaining power to express different priorities about how assets should be allocated. Understanding these differences and their effects is critical if policymakers are to improve livelihoods. Increasing the bargaining power of one gender group rather than another can mean the difference between policy failure and policy success. According to the study, a household survey covered 47 villages in three sites in Bangladesh, improving a woman’s bargaining power and access to resources will increase household expenditure on children’s education, but improving the same for a man generally will not. Increasing maternal control over household resources should improve the health of girl children. Given that women in Bangladesh face disadvantages with respect to both asset ownership and education, it is possible that the greatest impact of interventions that increase resources under women’s control will be felt by the next generation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1564002025-01-10T06:43:39Z Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh International Food Policy Research Institute south asia household budget gender The brief states that the bargaining power of men and women crucially shapes the resource allocation decisions households make. Husbands and wives often use their bargaining power to express different priorities about how assets should be allocated. Understanding these differences and their effects is critical if policymakers are to improve livelihoods. Increasing the bargaining power of one gender group rather than another can mean the difference between policy failure and policy success. According to the study, a household survey covered 47 villages in three sites in Bangladesh, improving a woman’s bargaining power and access to resources will increase household expenditure on children’s education, but improving the same for a man generally will not. Increasing maternal control over household resources should improve the health of girl children. Given that women in Bangladesh face disadvantages with respect to both asset ownership and education, it is possible that the greatest impact of interventions that increase resources under women’s control will be felt by the next generation. 2000 2024-10-24T12:44:01Z 2024-10-24T12:44:01Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156400 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute. 2000. Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh. Gender and Intrahousehold Aspects of Food Policy -- Project Brief 1. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156400 |
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| title | Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh |
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| title_short | Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh |
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| topic | south asia household budget gender |
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