Public Infrastructure and Private Costs: Water Supply and Time Allocation of Women in Rural Pakistan

How the quality and quantity of infrastructure affect the time women allocate to their various activities is investigated. How variations in the water infrastructure's quality - at both the household and community levels - relate to differences in time allocated by rural women to market-oriente...

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Published in:Economic development and cultural change 2000-10, Vol.49 (1), p.45-75
Main Authors: Ilahi, Nadeem, Grimard, Franque
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canals
Coefficients
Consumption
Costs
Cultural change
Economic development
Economic impact
Family farms
Females
Housework
Income
Infrastructure
Labor demand
Low Income Groups
Pakistan
Poverty
Poverty alleviation
Public infrastructure
Public policy
Recreation
Rural areas
Sexual Division of Labor
Studies
Time management
Time use
Time Utilization
Wages
Water allocation
Water supplies
Water Supply
Women
Women's role
Womens Roles
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Summary:How the quality and quantity of infrastructure affect the time women allocate to their various activities is investigated. How variations in the water infrastructure's quality - at both the household and community levels - relate to differences in time allocated by rural women to market-oriented activities, water collection and leisure is discussed. The case study focuses on Pakistan, where a large proportion of the population lives in poverty and where there exists a significant gender gap in education as well as labor force participation. The results indicate that improvements in Pakistan's public water supply infrastructure, women increase the time that they allocate to income-generating activities.
ISSN:0013-0079
1539-2988
DOI:10.1086/452490