The Literature Emerging From The African, Latin American,...

ASSIGNEMENT Of SOCIAL DEVELPOMENT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, DELHI MA (SW), Semester III ARTICLE NAME -Gender, Households and Poverty Tracking Mediations of Macro Adjustment Programmes Submitted to - Dr. Seema Sharma Mr.Pratap Chandra Behra Submitted by-Raman M.A (Final YEAR) DATE OF SUBMISSION-20 OCT 2014 Introduction about the article The literature emerging from the African, Latin American, Caribbean and Asian countries that have adopted structural adjustment programmes throws light on the multidimensional of effects at the households’ level. This article captures significant areas from the literature around. (a) Women’s work, poverty and structural†¦show more content†¦After a brief overview of positions vis-à  -vis structural adjustment the significant areas of concern that emerge the literature around women’s work, poverty and structural adjustment and gender specific impact. In particular, this paper attempts to capture significant areas of concern that emerge from the literature around: women’s work, poverty and structural adjustment; household survival strategies; and growing orthodoxy and the extant critique around gender, poverty, household headship and household survival strategies. The proponents, who see’ the robes .If not for Structural Adjustment Policies(SAP),the countries the time of taking international monetary fund and world bank loans would have face more distress. The microeconomic theories and policies examined with respect to their varying impacts on men and women. The structural adjustment policies introduced in various countries within a context of pre-existing social and gender inequalities, evidently impact women negatively more than men. Hadled et al (1955) have attempted to examine country level studies to understand the impact of stabilization policies on women welfare. The examination of the gender implications of structural adjustment process has to investigate