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100	1		_aChant, Sylvia H.
245	1	0	_aGender, generation and poverty _h[electronic resource] : _bexploring the 'feminisation of poverty' in Africa, Asia and Latin America / _cSylvia Chant.
260			_aCheltenham ; _aNorthampton, Mass. : _bEdward Elgar, _cc2007.
300			_a1 online resource (xxiv, 428 p.) : _bill., maps.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 345-409) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Analysing poverty from a gender perspective -- The 'feminisation of poverty' in the global South : assertions, agendas and evidence -- Gender, generation and poverty in the Gambia -- Gender, generation and poverty in the Philippines -- Gender, generation and poverty in Costa Rica -- Conclusion.
520			_aIn Gender, Generation and Poverty Sylvia Chant challenges the 'feminisation of poverty' on the basis of recent fieldwork in The Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica. Interviews with over 220 women and men of different ages at the grassroots, as well as with 40 professionals in international agencies, government departments and NGOs, highlight the difficulties of establishing any general tendency towards a widening of gender disparities in income poverty, or for female household heads to be the 'poorest of the poor'. While not denying a 'female bias' in material privation, a more important and consistent pattern is that women are bearing an ever-greater burden of responsibility for household survival, and under especially exploitative conditions in male-headed units. These findings lead Chant to propose a more elaborate and nuanced construction of the 'feminisation of poverty' which incorporates inputs as well as incomes and takes greater account of gender relations within the home. This not only stands to enrich gendered poverty analysis, but to provide a more appropriate basis for policy interventions.
650		0	_aWomen in development _zDeveloping countries.
650		0	_aPoor women _zDeveloping countries.
650		0	_aPoverty _zDeveloping countries.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2lcsh
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776	1		_z184376993X (pbk.) _z9781843769927 (hardback) _z9781843769934 (pbk.) _z1843769921
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