Environmental and Social Change in Zambia: the Value of Children to Rural Households

The authors showed the very high value placed on children - very often their labour power, by households as a way of coping with environmental hazards and resulting social change that contribute to poverty and uncertainty.

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Hazel Barrett; Angela Browne
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Barrett, H. and A. Browne. 1998. Environmental and Social Change in Zambia: the Value of Children to Rural Households. ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme Briefing 22.

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Books and Reports
Policy Brief
Publication year: 
1998
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