with the overall movement towards more liberalized finance and trade among the higher income sieos after the afc however and the increasingly competitive marketplace for global exports this counter is less determinative on balance then we put sieos in the profitled growth category primarily because of their global orientation there is not quite a feminization of responsibility and obligation because of the persistence of traditional family structures and consequent contributions from men and extended family given the emphasis of many families on investments in children higher incomes for women should be associated with more human capacities production at least in terms of quality