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Title: | Infrastructure and time poverty in Lesotho |
Author: | Lawson, David |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of Economics |
Volume: | 76 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 77-88 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Lesotho |
Subjects: | time management gender inequality infrastructure |
External link: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00163.x/pdf |
Abstract: | This paper uses a large-scale nationally representative survey carried out in 2002/2003 in Lesotho to investigate both socioeconomic determinants of time poverty and the impact of infrastructure. With a common, and growing, perception in the empirical literature that sub-Saharan African women are typically disadvantaged in market-based activities because of the large time burden of having to undertake both formal work and domestic duties, it is important to understand some of the key processes and issues that underpin, and link with, poverty reduction. Time use data allows for particularly unique assessment of intra-household issues, analysing limitations individuals have in their labour supply, and can provide important policy insights on such issues as how infrastructure impacts on time usage. The paper provides insights into gender-related, formal and informal, work allocations and, specifically, insights regarding the main determinants of those who are 'time poor', and how key infrastructural elements - such as electricity, the proximity to water sources, schools and public transport - impact on this. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |