ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to provide a conceptual framework for analyzing the interrelationship between development and women's employment, focusing on variables that determine the impact of development on employment and labor force participation. It utilizes the conceptual framework to analyze the possible explanations for the dramatic increases in female labor force participation and employment in Ghana over 1960-1970. The chapter argues that sociocultural obstacles to female market activity are minimal, although women's opportunities are limited somewhat by biases in education and occupational structure. It shows that female employment growth is not necessarily a sign that development has benefited women. The chapter presents the framework to an analysis of the meaning of trends in women's employment in Ghana over 1960-1970. Economic development may be defined as a shift toward a more monetized economy with increased access to goods and services through rising personal incomes and/or provision of public services.
