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Cut-Flower Exports, Female Labor, and Community Participation in Highland Ecuador
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http://www.jstor.org/cgi-bin/jstor/printpage/0094582x/sp040016/04x0146p/0.pdf?backcontext=page&dowhat=Acrobat&config=jstor&userID=3ead4562@odi.org.uk/01c0a8346500501d1e5ff&0.pdf
The author explores the effects of an increase in cut-flower exports in the Ecuadorian highlands as a result of trade liberalisation and the relocation of cut-flower plantations from Colombia to Ecuador. The aim of the paper is to answer the following question: What are the consequences of the growth of cut-flower exports for rural women, their families, and their communities?
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