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Michael Kevane - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Women and Development
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, 2020Co-Authors: Michael KevaneAbstract:Development is a process that transforms societies. Despite considerable variation across world regions and over time, one commonality of Development has been that the initial phase, from 1950 to 1975, likely led to growing inequality between men and Women in both opportunities and well-being. The first decades of planning and promotion of Development largely excluded Women, partly as a result of unequal gender relations in many societies as Development began: the slave trade, colonial indifference to Women’s rights, and missionary activities may have worsened the status of Women. More importantly, the men who controlled the late colonial and early post-independence state saw little reason to promote a pro-woman agenda in Development. The initial phase of Development thus reinforced male privilege. After 1975, national and international social movements arose to pressure governments and institutions to undo the legacies of gender inequality. Women-centered Development flourished in the 2000s. There have been uncertainties, however, over the cost-effectiveness of some of the various policies and programs implemented as a result of the movements to include Women in Development.
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Women and Development in Africa : how gender works
2014Co-Authors: Michael KevaneAbstract:This new edition of Women and Development in Africa incorporates the results of more than a decade of new empirical and theoretical research. Michael Kevane provides a broad overview of the sources of underDevelopment in Africa and the role of gender in economic transactions, as well as a cogent analysis of the gendered realities of such issues as land rights, the control of labour, the marriage market, health care, education, and political representation.
Alexandra Bernasek - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Banking on Social Change: Grameen Bank Lending to Women
International Journal of Politics Culture and Society, 2003Co-Authors: Alexandra BernasekAbstract:The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh has become an international model for “microcredit” as a poverty alleviation strategy. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to evaluate the Grameen Bank as a strategy for empowering and improving the socioeconomic status of Women in Bangladesh, and to identify lessons from the Grameen Bank experience that can inform Development policy more generally. Arguments for and against Grameen Bank are evaluated in the light of evidence from studies of the Bank and knowledge of Women and Development. The conclusions that are drawn from this evaluation are that Grameen Bank is not a panacea for poverty alleviation and improving Women's lives, that it has increased the income of borrowers, has led to improvements in specific aspects of their lives, and that it has potential if used in conjunction with other progressive social and economic policies to contribute to long-term, sustainable, progressive social change.
Carol Vlassoff - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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From rags to riches: The impact of rural Development on Women's status in an Indian village
World Development, 1994Co-Authors: Carol VlassoffAbstract:Abstract This paper discusses change in Women's status in a village in Maharashtra that experienced rapid agricultural growth during 1975–1987. It examines two objective indicators of Women's status—education and mobility — as well as attitudinal indicators of autonomy, economic power and prestige. Economic growth is found to have a mixed effect on Women's status: while freeing Women from much tiresome work and giving them more prestige within the home, it resulted in reduced autonomy and economic power. Explanations are sought in modern theory on Women and Development and in historical evidence concerning the impact of industrialization on Women in the now industrialized countries.
M. Zegers - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Strategies for Women and Development in the Republic of Congo
1992Co-Authors: M. ZegersAbstract:Working paper on Women and Development prepared for a UNFPA mission to the Congo. Provides an overview of the present situation of Congolese Women in terms of their socio-cultural roles, as well as their legal status. Reviews current Development programmes for Women (governmental and non-governmental) in terms of objectives, achievements, difficulties and future plans. Concludes with recommendations and suggestions to strengthen the Direction for the Integration of Women in the Development Process based on the identified needs. Bibliography and abstract in French.
Ingrid Palmer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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New Official Ideas on Women and Development
The IDS Bulletin, 2009Co-Authors: Ingrid PalmerAbstract:An analysis of the latest thinking in international circles on the integration of Women in Development programmes, particularly as exemplified in the ILO's country mission reports on the problems of employment and poverty. The article goes on to review briefly the Basic Needs Strategy and the implications for Women of the New International Economic Order, and concludes that both strategies contain potential threats to Women's interests.
