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Title: | The constraints of rural women in informal economic activities in Imo State, Nigeria |
Author: | Onyenechere, Emmanuella Chinenye |
Year: | 2009 |
Periodical: | Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907) |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 83-101 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | rural women informal sector |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/24484648 |
Abstract: | The paper analyses the constraints on rural women in the informal sector of Imo State, Nigeria. Lack of access roads, irregular means of transportation, inadequate credit facilities, inaccessibility to socioeconomic facilities and land tenure are identified as among the factors that have adverse effects on the participation/activities of rural women engaged in informal economic activities in the rural areas of Imo State. Moreover, a majority of rural women in Imo State, engaged in informal economic activities, do not have significant access to institutional finance, nor to the socioeconomic services that could enhance their informal economic activities. The paper makes policy recommendations to help alleviate women's difficulties in the informal sector. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract] |