Women's economic participation in five Pacific island countries.
Material type: TextSeries: International development issues ; no. 50Publication details: Canberra, A.C.T. : Australian Agency for International Development, c1998.Description: x, 108 p ; 25 cmISBN:- 0642220573 (pbk)
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"Principal contributors ... are Duncan Ironmonger and Helen Hill"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-108)
The contributions made by women to economic activity and to economic development have been debated worldwide for over two decades. While the 'development' debate started out as a plea for women to benefit more from development assistance, couched in terms of their 'integration in the development process as equal partners with men', it soon became clear from the 'activity' debate that women were already very much integrated into the development process. However, women's work lacks visibility because much of it is unremunerated and therefore is not counted in national statistics of economic production. This report seeks to address the issue of how to measure more accurately the contribution of women to economic activity in five countries of the South Pacific - Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa and Tonga. The result will be to show both women's and men's contributions in their true proportions
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