Gender, time use, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by C. Mark Blackden and Quentin Wodon. - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2006. - xiii, 152 pages. : illustrations. ; - World Bank working paper, no. 73 1726-5878 ; .

Includes bibliographical references.

Gender, time use, and poverty: introduction -- Gender and time poverty in sub-Saharan Africa -- A review of empirical evidence on time use in Africa from UN-sponsored surveys -- Measuring time poverty and analyzing its determinants: concepts and application to Guinea -- Labor shortages despite underemployment? seasonality in time use in Malawi -- Poverty reduction from full employment: a time use approach -- Assessing the welfare of orphans in Rwanda: poverty, work, schooling, and health.

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Poverty--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Women--Economic conditions.--Africa, Sub-Saharan
Time management--Africa, Sub-Saharan.


Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions--1960-

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