CiNii Books - Changing women's lives and work : an analysis of the impacts of eight microenterprise projects

An in-depth analysis of eight microenterprise projects undertaken by three agencies in India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Peru, Guatemala, Honduras, Ghana and Tanzania. It is unique in its detailed presentation of such a varied range of individual projects, and in its use of a single analytical framework for all the projects, enabling comparisons to be tightly drawn between them. The study has generated some significant and controversial results. Looked at from the point of view of the women this book attempts to describe the impact of the different projects on their lives. This book is designed for planners and practitioners, graduate students, and others interested in the results of the microenterprise programmes now popular throughout the developing world.

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PREFACE ix
ONE: Introduction 1
Framework for analysis 5
Sponsoring agencies: UNIFEM, ITDG and ATI 6
United Nations Development Fund for Women 7
Intermediate Technology Development Group 8
Appropriate Technology International 9
Strategy choice in eight SME projects 11
Ranking the countries 13
Research methodology 16
The questionnaires 16
Supporting research 19
Guide to the discussion 21
Setting the bias out front 21
Conclusion 23
TWO: Food Processing in Peru 24
Setting the context 24
Women in the Peruvian economy 26
The Peru Food Processing Project 29
Facing the field 32
The women's report 35
Conclusion 42
Annex 45
THREE: Honduras - Cashew Nut and Fruit Production 46
The state and the nation 46
Women in Honduras 47
The Honduran Cashew Project 1981-8 50
Events and challenges 52
The women's record 56
Conclusion 61
Annex 66
FOUR: Guatemala - Wool Production and Processing Project 67
Economy and politics 67
Guatemalan women 69
The Wool Production and Processing Project 71
Sheep and Wool Production 72
Wool Processing and Weaving 73
Commercial Enterprise 73
Overcoming the obstacles 74
Men and women react 78
The bottom line 86
Annex 90
FIVE: Bangladesh - Surjosnato Coconut Products 91
Poverty and hope 91
Growing forces of conservatism: women in Bangladesh 93
The Surjosnato Coconut Project 94
Dealing with the impossible 97
Women speak out 100
Balancing the results 106
Annex 109
SIX: India - The Sericulture Project 110
India and development 110
Indian women 111
The Women's Sericulture Project 114
Establishing the reality 118
Impacts on women 120
Assessing the record 127
Annex 131
SEVEN: Thailand - Venture Capital and the Pickled Ginger Group 132
The development miracle 132
Quiet power: Thai women 133
The Joint Venture Capital Project in Northern Thailand 135
Venture capital in action 138
Impacts and changes in individual lives 139
Expectations and reality 146
Annex 149
EIGHT: Ghana - Shea Butter Processing 150
Structural adjustment and development 150
Women in the marketplace 153
The Shea Butter Processing Project in Ghana 155
The project in the field 158
Many faces, many experiences
The reality of the Shea Butter Project
Annex
NINE: Tanzania - Food Processing
Climbing up the development ladder
Poverty and prospects: Tanzanian women
The Tanzania Food Processing Programme
The dream and the reality
Women's voices
Realizing the dream
Annex
TEN: A Comparison of the Impacts of Different Strategies ... Basis of comparison
Comparative data analysis
Findings
Significance of quantitative analysis findings
Conclusion
Annex
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