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The studies assembled in this volume are aimed at analysing the structure of women's labour force participation in India
Papers presented at the Conference on Regulation, Deregulation and Reregulation, held at Singapore during 22-24 March 2004.
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This book examines language choice in contemporary Cambodia. It uses the spread of English, and French attempts at thwarting it in favor of their own language, to study and evaluate competing explanations for the spread of English globally. The book focuses on language choice and policy, and will appeal to scholars in comparative education where language and language policy studies represent a growing area of research interest.
Since the tragedies of the "killing fields" and the reign of the Khmer Rouge, the global community has largely ignored the social issues plaguing Cambodia. Though the infamous killings have largely stopped, poverty and corruption are rampant in contemporary Cambodia. This book includes a short history of Cambodia and covers the systemic nature of its poverty, and the contrasting economic success stories of Vietnam and Laos. This book is particularly relevant to those interested in the broader issue of eliminating world poverty.
This book focuses on the challenges people face in managing agricultural crops, aquaculture, fisheries and related ecosystems in inland areas of coastal zones in the tropics of Asia, Africa, Australia and South America. These challenges can create conflicts in the use of natural resources between different stakeholders. Through many case studies, the book discusses the nature of the conflicts and identifies what is known and not known about how to manage them. For example, some case studies relate to the trade-offs between enhancing agricultural production by constructing embankments to keep out saline water and maintaining not only the variety of rural livelihoods but also brackish aquatic biodiversity. Other case studies provide the lessons learnt from the conversion of mangrove forests to shrimp farms.
Technology and the demand for women's labor in Asian rice farming; Observations on institutions, infrastructure technology and women in rice farming; The changing role of women in Japanese agriculture; Women's labor and the technological development of rice cultivation in Japan; Half-sky role of China's women in rice farming systems; Wives at work; Changing labor allocation patterns of women in rice farm households; Women and the modernization of rice agriculture; The impact of new farming technology on women's employment; Women's access to land resources; Women's role in the improvement of rice farming systems in coastal awamplands; Women in rice farming systems in Bangladesh and how technology programs can reach them; Women and technology; Women laborers in rice producing villages of Bangladesh; The role of women in household production systems and rice farming in Nepal; Technological infusion and employment conditions of woemn in rice cultivation areas; Rural women and high yielding rice technology in India...