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Women And Technological Change In Developing Countries

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The article was published on 1981-01-19 and is currently open access. It has received 48 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Technological change & Developing country.

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Time Allocation: A Tool For the Study of Cultural Behavior

TL;DR: Time allocation studies diffuse rapidly among anthropologists as the problems they treat require an accurate, detailed technique for observing and recording human behavior in context (74, 152) as discussed by the authors, which can provide a tool with which to examine a multitude of questions.
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Mineral fertilizers in the farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa. A review

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Appropriate technology – A comprehensive approach for water and sanitation in the developing world

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Women and Modernization Theory: A Decade of Feminist Criticism

TL;DR: The literature on women's roles in economic and political development, and on the impact of development policies on women, illuminates both the process of modernization and the nature of male-female relations as discussed by the authors.
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