The Women Of Rural Asia

The Women Of Rural Asia
Author: Robert Orr Whyte
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2020-01-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000612473

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This study looks at the social and economic status, family and workforce roles, and quality of life of women in the rural sectors of monsoonal and equatorial Asia, from Pakistan to Japan, where life often is characterized by unemployment, underemployment, and poverty.

Women Farmers and Rural Change in Asia

Women Farmers and Rural Change in Asia
Author: Noeleen Heyzer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 432
Release: 1987
Genre: Rural development
ISBN:

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The case studies provide examples of the range and diversity of rural development taking place in several Asian countries and their impact on women. All the chapters are concerned, in varying degrees, with expanding rural development, income and productivity; improving nutrition and health; providing public amenities to rural areas and increasing the standard of living of rural households through the supply of irrigated water and other farm inputs

The Quality of Life in Rural Asia

The Quality of Life in Rural Asia
Author: David Elliot Bloom
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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In light of rural Asia's 30-year population increase, this book reviews trends and patterns in the quality of life, identifies and analyzes options for private and public policies for the improvement of the quality of life, and assesses the prospects for the quality of life in the context of globalization, privatization, and technological change.

Gender, the Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

Gender, the Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
Author: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: United Nations
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2017-09-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9213627335

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This publication is the first Asia-Pacific report that comprehensively maps out the intersections between gender and environment at the levels of household, work, community and policy. It examines gender concerns in the spheres of food security, agriculture, energy, water, fisheries and forestry, and identifies strategic entry points for policy interventions. Based on a grounded study of the reality in the Asia-Pacific region, this report puts together good practices and policy lessons that could be capitalized by policymakers to advance the agenda of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.

Farming Systems and Poverty

Farming Systems and Poverty
Author: John A. Dixon
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251046272

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A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.