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Contents Preface vii Acknowledgements xi Contributors xii Part I: PERSPECTIVE 1 1. Introduction 2 Part II: Impact of Globalization on Women in Africa: Conceptual Issues 12 2. Globalization, Economic Growth and Gender Inequality: What Fate Awaits African Women? 13 Mina Baliamoune-Lutz 3. Women and Economic Liberalization in Kenya: The Impact and Challenges of Globalization 37 Shadrak Nasong'o 4. Women Cross-Border Traders in West Africa 65 Gayle A. Morris and Mahir Saul Part III: The Empowerment of Women in Africa 105 5. Assessing the Impact of Women's Participation in Microfinance Programs in Benin 106 Sylvain H. Boko and Rosita Najmi 6. Land Rights, Land Use and Trade: Gendered Impacts and Responses to Liberalization Policies in Africa 121 Bola O. Akanji and H M Ogunwumiju Part IV: Sectoral Analysis: the Role and Status of Women in Health and Education: Policy Implications 158 7. Education of Women as a Contributor to Economic Growth in Africa 159 Nii O. Tackie, Meigan Fields, and Arthur Siaway 8. Women's Education, Labor Force Participation and Development in Africa 177 Elizabeth Asiedu and Donald Lien 9. An Assessment of Women's Contribution to an Air Pollution Control Policy in Benin 190 Toussaint Houeninvo and Sylvain H. Boko 10. Elderly Women, Economic Growth and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Zimbabwe. 214 Sitawa Kimuna Part V: What To Do Next? 255 11. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations 256
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Women in development -- Africa.
Women -- Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Women -- Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century.