After reviewing theories about how women are likely to fare as a result of economic development, the editors and their contributors focus on the socioeconomic status of women and changes in it as a result of processes of economic development in individual countries in five continents.

Preface Economic Development and Women -- An Overview of Issues by Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist, and Clement A. Tisdell Discrimination and Changes in the Status of Women with Economic Development: General Views and Theories by Clement A. Tisdell Women and Development in Taiwan: The Importance of the Institutional Context by Cal Clark, Janet Clark, and Bih-er Chou The Socioeconomic Status of Today's Chinese Women by Gao Kun Economic Development, Industrial Trends, and Women Workers in Malaysia by Jamilah Ariffin Women in Japan by Jane Richardson and Paul Riethmuller Women in South Asia with Particular Reference to India by Kartik C. Roy and Clement A. Tisdell Women and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa with Special Reference to Tanzania by Felix J. Mlay, Kartik C. Roy, and Clement A. Tisdell Finnish Gender Contracts by Harriet Silius Women in the European Union: Equality Achieved? by Hans C. Blomqvist The Status of American Women: Modernity, Material Progress, but Suffering from an "Individualistic" Culture by Cal Clark and Janet Clark The Magic of the Market and the Price Women Pay: Examples from Latin America and the Caribbean by Helen I. Safa and Maria de los Angeles Crummett Australia: Economic Issues of Women in Paid Employment by Sukhan Jackson Conclusions by Kartik C. Roy, Clement A. Tisdell, and Hans C. Blomqvist