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Women's access to credit affects efficiency in rural households
August 28th, 2008
Rural strategies designed to induce economic growth often emphasize the need to improve access to capital for poor households. However, this approach implicitly assumes that family members pool all their resources and allocate them to their most efficient use. Men and women may differ in their access to credit and may choose not to alleviate their partners' constraints. A new study in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics shows how rural households in which women are not able to meet their needs for capital do not produce as much as they could. Diana Fletschner, PhD, of the University of Washington utilized information from a survey to assess individual access...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-28)
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