Women in Ghanaian development, an annotated bibliography

THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN PREPARING THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS UNDERTAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH EFFORTS BY THE U.S. AID MISSION, GHANA, TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 113 OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1973, WHICH REQUIRES THE U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BE ADMINISTERED "SO AS TO GIVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THOSE PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES WHICH TEND TO INTEGRATE WOMEN INTO THE NATIONAL ECONOMIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES, THUS IMPROVING THEIR STATUS AND ASSISTING THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORT." MATERIALS ARE PRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS; (1) WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL; (2) WOMEN AND EDUCATION; (3) WOMEN AND HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND FAMILY PLANNING; (4) WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY (AGRICULTURE, TRADING, AND THE MODERN SECTOR). RESEARCH FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHY QUICKLY HIGHLIGHTED TWO PROBLEMS: THE PAUCITY OF MATERIALS SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED WITH WOMEN"S ROLES, AND THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING MATERIALS, ONCE SOURCES WERE IDENTIFIED.