Women's labor in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka: The trade-off with technology

Gender, Technology and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-102

  Ponniah, Gowrie ^a   Reardon, Geraldine ^b  

^a Center for Family and Women's Studies ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^b Center for Family and Women's Studies   (Viet Nam)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; CRITIQUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT--WOMEN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE ROLE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN RESOURCES; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INDUSTRY; LABOR FORCE--WOMEN; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN ASIA; SRI LANKA; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY--CHANGES; WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; CRITIQUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT--WOMEN; FEMALE ROLE; HUMAN RESOURCES; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABOR FORCE--WOMEN; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN ASIA; SRI LANKA; TECHNOLOGY--CHANGES; WOMEN; WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; INDUSTRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SRI LANKA; TECHNOLOGY; WOMEN;

EID: 0032600646     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185249900300105     Document Type: Article

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