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Cover ImageIntrahousehold Resource Allocation in Developing Countries
Models, Methods, and Policy
Edited by Lawrence Haddad, John Hoddinott, and Harold Alderman
358 pages / 1997
ISBN 0-8108-5572-1
Published for IFPRI by Johns Hopkins University Press.

Detailed Highlights
For detailed highlights of the book, see Food Policy Statement 24
About This Book

In this book economists, demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists collaborate in the study of how resources are allocated within households in developing countries and why it matters from a policy perspective. Surveying a broad body of theory and evidence, the contributors examine the many social and cultural factors that influence decisions at the family and household level about the allocation of time, income, assets, and other resources. Shedding new light on a process that is often hidden from view and difficult to measure, they show that a more complete understanding of intrahousehold behavior can increase the likelihood that policies will reach the people they are intended to affect—leading to better policies in areas such as food production and consumption, nutrition, natural resource management, and fertility.

About the Editors

Lawrence Haddad is the director of the Food Consumption and Nutrition Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

John Hoddinott was formerly a research fellow in the Food Consumption and Nutrition Division of IFPRI.

Harold Alderman is a senior economist in the Policy Research Department of the Poverty and Human Resources Division of the World Bank.

Contributors: Harold Alderman, Howarth E. Bouis, Judith Bruce, Michael R. Carter, Pierre-André Chiappori, Jennie Dey Abbas, Nancy Folbre, Paul Gertler, Joel Gittelsohn, Jane I. Guyer, Lawrence Haddad, Barbara Harriss-White, John Hoddinott, Elizabeth G. Katz, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Shelly Lundberg, Marjorie B. McElroy, Sangeeta Mookherji, Christine L. Peña, Mark M. Pitt, Robert A. Pollak, Duncan Thomas.

What Others Have To Say About This Book

"This book succeeds admirably in surveying a diverse body of theory and evidence on intrahousehold allocation. It is exceptionally well organized and cohesive for a collection of articles by so many authors." --Jere R. Behrman, University of Pennsylvania

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