Format:
1 online resource (304 pages)
ISBN:
9780821377635
Series Statement:
Equity and Development Series
Content:
This volume introduces the gender dimension in the empirical analyses on the links between trade and poverty. Gender disparities, an important component of overall inequality, may limit the gains from trade and the potential benefits to poor people. This view is supported by the robust finding that while growth (as well as the gains from trade) is the major vehicle of lifting people out of poverty, it is more likely to be pro-poor when initial inequality is low. High inequality directly lowers the rate of poverty reduction by hindering growth.Ample evidence shows that, in spite of recent improvements, there are still large gender disparities in access to education, health, credit, and other resources. These disparities create inequality traps for women and lower growth in the aggregate. Trade liberalization can create economic opportunities but because of their different endowments, control over resources, access to labor markets and their different roles within the households, women and men cannot uniformly take advantage of these opportunities.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Ackowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Gender Aspects of the Trade and Poverty Nexus: Introduction and Overview -- Introduction -- Analyzing Trade-Gender-Poverty Linkages -- Trade and Gender -- Gender and Poverty -- From Theory to Practice: Data and Methodology -- Overview of the Volume -- Part I The Macro Approach: Social Accounting Matrices and Computable General Equilibrium Models of Trade, Gender, and Poverty -- Part II The Micro Approach: Household Models of Trade, Gender, and Poverty -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Gender Effects of Trade Liberalization in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature -- Introduction -- Does Trade Expansion Increase Employment Opportunities for Women Relative to Men? -- How Does Trade Affect the Gender Earnings Gap? -- How Does Trade Liberalization Affect Intrahousehold Dynamics? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- PART 1 The Macro Approach: Social Accounting Matrices and Computable General Equilibrium Models of Trade, Gender, and Poverty -- 3 Oil Price Shocks, Poverty, and Gender: A Social Accounting Matrix Analysis for Kenya -- Introduction -- Social Accounting Matrices: A Brief Review -- Oil Price Shocks in Kenya -- Basic Structure of the Kenya SAM -- Impact of Increase in Oil Price -- Conclusion -- Annex 3A: SAM Model for Impact of Price Shocks -- Annex 3B: Block Decomposition of the Multiplier Matrix -- Notes -- References -- 4 Exports and Labor Income by Gender: A Social Accounting Matrix Analysis for Senegal -- Introduction -- Basic Structure of a Social Accounting Matrix -- Characteristics of the 2004 Senegal SAM -- Activities -- Gender Disaggregation for Labor Income -- Sectoral Growth and Impact on Labor Income Shares by Gender -- Conclusion -- Annex: Block Decomposition of the Multiplier Matrix -- Notes -- References.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821377628
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821377628
Additional Edition:
Print version Gender Aspects of the Trade and Poverty Nexus : A Macro-Micro Approach
Language:
English
