Poverty, Female-Headed Households, and Sustainable Economic Development

by Nerina Vecchio, Kartik C. Roy, Kartik Roy

This book examines female-headed households (FHHs) in the world economy, aspects of their poverty, and the implications of those for sustainable development. Following a general discussion of FHHs in the world community, the work discusses FHHs in two regions of India, one being an example of unsuccesssful development and the other of successful development. The research is based on fieldwork in five rural villages. One village, comprising mostly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313301913
• ISBN13: 9780313301919
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"