Abstract
Several studies on the promotion of ‘non-traditional’ exports in LDCs have examined the deleterious consequences on the predominantly female workers in export-processing zones.2 There has been less systematic research, however, on the effects of agricultural-export expansion on women.3 This is despite the fact that the majority of women in developing countries live in rural areas where the push for export-oriented growth is taking place as well (Quisumbing, 1988; Heyzer, 1986). This paper attempts to fill this gap in the literature by examining how agricultural commercialisation, as a result of export cropping, has affected rural women — both as workers and as family members.
The author would like to thank especially Howarth Bouis for providing the data and Nancy Folbre and Bina Agarwal for their comments and suggestions. This study would not have been possible without the techni-cal support of the International Food Policy Research Institute and the financial assistance of the Center for Excellence Fund of the American University,,The computer expertise of Elizabeth Jacinto, Winnie Alva-rado and Ellen Payongayong and discussions with Orville Solon, Michael Alba, Barbara Bergmann, Laurence Haddad, Michael Lipton, Mieke Meurs and Stephanie Seguino are also gratefully acknowledged.
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Florol, M. (1992). Women, Work and Agricultural Commercialisation in the Philippines. In: Folbre, N., Bergmann, B., Agarwal, B., Floro, M. (eds) Women’s Work in the World Economy. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13188-4_1
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