Dissertation Research: Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Jamaica

这个项目将允许人类学研究生 前往牙买加的农村地区，研究农村农场如何 家庭生产的商品作物对他们的收入产生影响， 维持生计。 研究人员将分析 资源的抽样家庭，并参考官方数据， 评估商业生产和不同经济 家庭生计的社会战略， 营养和经济福利。 这项研究很重要，因为农村地区的穷人， 发展中国家正在迅速融入 如果不是国际经济。 进一步了解 农村贫困人口的生存战略可以帮助确定 农村地区问题的根源，并可以帮助规划者， 制定政策，改善农村贫困和动荡。

This project will allow a graduate student in anthropology to travel to a rural area of Jamaica to study how rural farm families' production of market crops impacts upon their subsistence. The researcher will analyze the distribution of resources in a sample of households and consult official data to assess the impact of commercial production and varying economic and social strategies of families upon their subsistence and nutritional as well as economic well being. This research is important because the rural sector of poor, developing countries is rapidly being integrated into the national if not the international economy. Improved knowledge of the survival strategies of the rural poor can help identify sources of problems in rural areas and can help planners to create policies to ameliorate rural poverty and unrest.