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Gender and the global economic crisis in developing countries: a framework for analysis

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This paper sets out a framework for thinking about the gender dimensions of the economic crisis. It considers the likely impact of the crisis, as well as the responses to it, on the part of both individuals and collectivities, in three spheres of the economy: finance; production; and reproduction. It identifies the kinds of 'gender numbers' that we need; sex-disaggregated statistics of various kinds. It also argues that we need to pay attention to gender norms - the social practices and ideas that shape the behaviour of people and institutions. The norms may be reinforced in times of crisis; but they may also start to decompose as individuals transgress norms under the pressures of crisis. In addition, there may be opportunities for the transformation of norms, through collective action to institute new, more egalitarian, social practices and ideas.

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Gender & Development

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Oxfordshire, United Kingdom : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group., 2010

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English

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13552074

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Volume 18, Issue 2 July 2010 , pages 201 - 212

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Finance
Gender
Economic Crisis
Reproduction

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