Smallholder Farmers in Rural Uganda

Gunning, J.W. [Promotor]Elbers, C.T.M. [Copromotor

Food priorities and poverty in Uganda

food consumption; poverty; farmers; research methods; Uganda;

Naar een genderbewuste economische wetenschap: de meerwaarde van wiskunde

Sinds het belanghebbende werk van Margaret Reid (1934) over de economie van huishoudelijke productie hebben feministische wetenschappers de rol van vrouwen in de economie uitvoerig belicht (onder anderen Bartlett, 1998; Van Staveren, 1999; Kuiper, 2001, 2006; Barker & Kuiper, 2009). Feministische economen stellen dat problemen als beloning- en andere welvaartsverschillen tussen vrouwen en mannen, de verdeling van betaalde en onbetaalde arbeid en economische groei vanuit een ‘genderblind’ perspectief wordt onderzocht en daardoor grotendeels verkeerd begrepen (Ferber & Nelson, 1993; Kuiper, 2006; Van Staveren, 2006)

When growth is empty: towards an inclusive economics

The pursuit of endless growth and the ensuing global financial crisis have eroded public trust in economic policy. As a result, an increasing number of economists are advocating a more inclusive global economy. The global financial crisis has exposed the weaknesses of the liberalized economic system and resulted in calls for a more inclusive global economy. Leading economists, such as Amartya Sen, are stressing the need for ethics and morality, and culture and context, to be reintroduced into economics. Human well-being, therefore, should be the central goal of economic performance and social progress, and not material welfare. Any new measure of economic performance needs to also assess the value of social provisioning - goods produced by unpaid economic activities, such as household and community production, and unpaid goods and services