The impact of technology choice on rural women in Bangladesh: problems and opportunities
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TextSeries: World Bank staff working papers, No. 731Publication details: Washington, D.C. The World Bank 1985Description: 107pISBN: - 0-8213-0557-3
- HD 6053 .S3
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Discusses situation of women in rural Bangladesh following the introduction of the introduction of technology that has displaced the traditional social organization that had for long confined women to the household. The report provides background on the social, cultural, and economic issues relevant to the concern for increasing women’s opportunities for employment and income generation. It also contains discussions on capital and labour intensity of various crop processing technologies and how they have affected the employment of women.
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