Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh

The bargaining power of men and women crucially shapes the resource allocation decisions households make (Quisumbing and de la Brière 2000). Husbands and wives often use their bargaining power to express different priorities about how resources should be allocated. Understanding these differences an...

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Autores principales: de la Briere, Benedicte, Hallman, Kelly, Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157509
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description The bargaining power of men and women crucially shapes the resource allocation decisions households make (Quisumbing and de la Brière 2000). Husbands and wives often use their bargaining power to express different priorities about how resources 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.
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spelling CGSpace1575092025-04-08T18:34:19Z Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh de la Briere, Benedicte Hallman, Kelly Quisumbing, Agnes R. property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children The bargaining power of men and women crucially shapes the resource allocation decisions households make (Quisumbing and de la Brière 2000). Husbands and wives often use their bargaining power to express different priorities about how resources 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. 2003 2024-10-24T12:50:23Z 2024-10-24T12:50:23Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157509 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute de la Brière, Bénédicte; Hallman, Kelly; Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2003. Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh. In Household decisions, gender, and development: a synthesis of recent research. Quisumbing, Agnes R., ed. Chapter 13. Pp. 89-94. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157509
spellingShingle property
women
gender
developing countries
economic theories
household budget
household consumption
nutrition
farming systems
legal system
policies
education
health
empowerment
agricultural technology
agricultural growth
child care
property rights
natural resources management
agricultural policies
technology transfer
drought
vegetables
fisheries
children
de la Briere, Benedicte
Hallman, Kelly
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh
title Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh
title_full Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh
title_fullStr Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh
title_short Resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh
title_sort resource allocation and empowerment of women in rural bangladesh
topic property
women
gender
developing countries
economic theories
household budget
household consumption
nutrition
farming systems
legal system
policies
education
health
empowerment
agricultural technology
agricultural growth
child care
property rights
natural resources management
agricultural policies
technology transfer
drought
vegetables
fisheries
children
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157509
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