RURAL HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT IN AFRICA - REDUCING THE BURDEN ON WOMEN

被引：42

作者：

BRYCESON, DF ^{[1
]}

HOWE, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] INT INST INFRASTRUCT HYDRAUL & ENVIRONM ENGN,DELFT,NETHERLANDS

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 1993年 / 21卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1016/0305-750X(93)90079-O

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Rural household travel patterns have been largely ignored in African transport studies. Over the past 10 years, however, village-level surveys have been undertaken which reveal the predominance of female porterage in rural transport. Donor agencies are now focusing efforts on ''appropriate'' technology interventions to directly enhance rural mobility and to indirectly improve agricultural productivity. Preliminary evidence, however, suggests that men rather than women are the main beneficiaries of appropriate transport technology. This paper asks why and suggests a number of methodological refinements to future rural transport studies to generate the information necessary for devising programs with a higher likelihood ofeffective assistance to rural women transporters.

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页码：1715 / 1728

页数：14