ENST 201 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I Population continued II Liberia Outline of Current Lecture I Reducing Desired Fertility II MuhammedYunus III Family Planning Current Lecture I II Reducing Desired Fertility a Education levels are critical b Developed societies women have children later and have fewer kids due to higher levels of education and development of careers c It s hard to provide education to people who don t have enough money i Education is a long term benefit so if parents can t afford food to feed their kids they won t see the benefit of sending their kids to school ii Girls are the first to get cut from education because in many cultures boys are more important and worthy of education d Possible solution get women access to education i Society must become wealthier as a whole so that education systems can exist ii Women should be allowed to handle and control household money 1 Women will most likely push for their daughters to have an education and lead a life they were never able to have themselves iii The view that women are property needs to change 1 Even if women are abused in their family by their fathers brothers husbands they stay with them because it s better than living on the street a If women are given resources the rate of domestic violence will decrease MuhammedYunus a Started a bank that loaned money to those who were refused by the larger banks These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III i He challenged the traditional ways and was able to help many people start their own businesses and make a living to increase their standard of living b Microcredit Institutions couldn t get enough money from donor institutions i Works like regular loans but no collateral but there are high rates of repayment ii Requires people to go in for loans in groups 1 Group members are responsible for each other so they work together to make sure each of them stays on top of business and succeeds 2 This group structure is important because it changes the relationship of women and society a Women are no longer dependent on men and they can communicate with people outside of the household iii However in some places this is failing because it is being corrupted by larger banks c Why is microcredit used through women i Women take care of children and household so they will use the money more effectively and more beneficially for the family ii Women will push their daughters to have a better life than they had for themselves iii Men are more likely to spend money for self indulgences d In is hard for people to criticize Yunnus because he is not ideological i He had liberal goals but used conservative methods to get to his goal Family Planning a When realized fertility is higher than expected fertility then family planning is needed b big problem is price sensitivity i so family planning has to be subsidized from the outside c other problem is that women are very stationary i very hard for females to leave their towns ii distribution and education should be provided 1 Solution train women to travel and deliver education and contraceptives iii A barrier is also men who typically don t cooperate