WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: World Economic Forum, Structural Adjustment, Sex Tourism
14 Dec 2017
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Ws 100 - a: lecture: thursday, november 23rd: Calculates the equitable distribution of resources between men and women as a ratio of female/male access. Has tracked the global gender gap from 2006-2014. Measures the gender global gap over four factors: health, education, economics, politics. Current gender gap ranges from 50 (yemen) to 80 (nordic countries) Effects of globalization on women in non-industrialized countries: Developing nations could not afford to make payments on development loans to industrialized countries. Makes new loans contingent on economic reforms in developing countries on neoliberal free market principles. Reform initiatives established by non-industrialized countries to attract foreign capital to pay loans to industrialized governments. Discouraged production for domestic use in favour of export production. Free trade zones/export processing zones were created with lower safety standards and tax rates established to attract foreign investment. Taxation on sexual tourism and prostitution as an export industry.
