Women and the world economic crisis /
prepared by Jeanne Vickers.
- xi, 146 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Women and world development series .
- Women and world development series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.
Origins and mechanisms of the crisis -- Impact of structural adjustment on women -- International and government policy responses -- Proposals for non-governmental organisations -- Responses at the grassroots -- Debt and poverty in Zambia -- The human cost of Zambian debt -- Impact of the crisis on women in th Philippines -- Protecting the vulnerable during adjustment : Ghana -- The debt crisis and the women of Jamaica -- Solidarity for joint survival.
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Women in development--Developing countries International economic relations.