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Measurement of Women's Economic Activity: A Study of Iloilo Province in the Philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Karen Herther  and
Carolyn Sachs
Karen Herther
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Econmics and Rural Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University
Carolyn Sachs
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Econmics and Rural Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University
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Women are an important element in determining a country's productive potential and the success of development efforts. However, women have been largely neglected in the rural development programs of many developing countries (Boulding, 1978; Newland, 1979).

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , Fall 1983 , pp. 31 - 36
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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