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CIAO DATE: 3/5/2007

Export-Oriented Policies, Women's Work Burden and Human Development in Mauritius

Myriam Blin

February 2006

School of Oriental and African Studies

Abstract

This paper, looking at the case study of Mauritius, attempts to understand the factors affecting the relationship between EOP, women's work burden along different social backgrounds. The analysis is based on between-method triangulation consisting of a quantitative survey in the industrial sector and a qualitative survey in the industrial and services sectors. The main result shows that women and the social reproductive process were not affected in the same way depending on the socio- professional background of the woman.

 

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