Women and Adjustment Policies in the Third World

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. The Framework

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Women, Recession and Adjustment in the Third World: Some Introductory Remarks

      • Haleh Afshar, Carolyne Dennis

      Pages 3-12

   3. Can Adjustment Programmes Incorporate the Interests of Women?

      • Frances Stewart

      Pages 13-45

   4. Male Bias in Structural Adjustment

      • Diane Elson

      Pages 46-68

   5. Gender Equity and Economic Efficiency in Adjustment Programmes

      • Ingrid Palmer

      Pages 69-83

3. Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Adjustment from Below: Low-Income Women, Time and the Triple Role in Guayaquil, Ecuador

      • Caroline O. N. Moser

      Pages 87-116

   3. Structural Adjustment and Gender in Côte d’Ivoire

      • Winifred Weekes-Vagliani

      Pages 117-149

   4. Women, Authoritarianism and Market Liberalisation in Chile, 1973–89

      • Georgina Waylen

      Pages 150-178

   5. The Christian Churches and Women’s Experience of Structural Adjustment in Nigeria

      • Carolyne Dennis

      Pages 179-204

   6. Women and Work: Ideology Not Adjustment at Work in Iran

      • Haleh Afshar

      Pages 205-229

4. Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231

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   2. Politicising Gender and Structural Adjustment

      • Georgina Ashworth

      Pages 233-252

   3. Final Declaration … Beyond the Debt Crisis: Structural Transformation

      • Maxine Molyneux

      Pages 253-256

5. Back Matter

   Pages 257-271

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The Third World debt crisis, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's adjustment policies have compelled many countries to move towards a contraction of public sector expenditure in favour of market orientated development policies. Women in general and the poorest amongst them in particular have borne a disproportionate burden of the ensuing hardships. This book addresses the shortcomings in the current gender blind analytical frameworks of governments and financial organisations and offers alternative strategies for combating recession and poverty.

• Chile
• gender
• poverty
• women

• Department of Politics, University of York, UK

  Haleh Afshar

• Development and Project Planning Centre, University of Bradford, UK

  Carolyne Dennis

Policies and ethics