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Poverty, Female-Headed Households, and Sustainable Economic Development
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Nerina Vecchio, Kartik C. Roy
Book Code: GM0191
ISBN: 0-313-30191-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30191-9
144 pages, figures, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 1/30/1998
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Economics and Economic History
Series Number: 190
Reviews:
  • The results of this approach are useful, especially in breaking down the perceived homogeneity of women often assumed in the gender and development literature....Vecchio and Roy provide very specific answers to the question of which issues will have to be addressed in the design of such policy. Their book will therefore be of interest to policymakers as well as scholars.
    —Journal of Third World Studies
Description: This book examines female-headed households (FHHs) in the world economy, aspects of their poverty, and the implications of those for sustainable development. Following a general discussion of FHHs in the world community, the work discusses FHHs in two regions of India, one being an example of unsuccesssful development and the other of successful development. The research is based on fieldwork in five rural villages. One village, comprising mostly female-headed households, provided a unique case study. The other four villages include both male- and female-headed households with a high proportion of female-headed households. The authors found that female-headed households dominate the poorer sections of the community, and women's access to resources is limited by cultural, social, and economic influences. Women, particularly those in FHHs, bear the heaviest burdens in times of economic hardship. These women face more forms of discrimination outside the home than women from male-headed households. They have fewer customary rights but greater freedom of movement and more opportunities for paid employment. The authors go on to show that the benefits of government development programs have not reached remote areas. The trickle-down approach has not worked, but sustainable development programs focusing on women's development and self-responsiblity have helped to lift the economic status of women in general and FHHs in particular.
Table of Contents:
  • Female-Headed Households: A World Wide Perspective
  • Status of Women in the Third World: Theoretical Perspective
  • Socio-Economic Status of Third World Women with Reference to Women in India
  • Women in West Bengal
  • Fieldwork Background
  • Basic Demographic Characteristics of Households
  • Income
  • Discrimination
  • Economic Stress and Survival Strategies
  • Sustainable Rural Development: Trickle Down versus Participatory System
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 97-8782
LCC Class: HQ1742
Dewey Class: 305
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