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Gender, Development and Poverty (Paperback, Uncensored/ / ed.)
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Gender, Development and Poverty (Paperback, Uncensored/ / ed.)
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Loot Price R416
Discovery Miles 4 160
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Over the past 50 years, billions of dollars and working days have
been expended on the "development" of countries in Africa, Latin
America, Asia, and the Pacific. The alleviation of poverty is the
primary concern of many -- though not all -- organizations working
in the development sector. Some, notably the international
financial institutions, have focused primarily on promoting
economic growth at the macro-level, in the belief that increases in
wealth at the national level will eventually "trickle down" to
alleviate poverty throughout entire populations. In this view,
grassroots poverty alleviation strategies are seen as
short-to-medium-term activities, to complement macro-economic
policies. In contrast, some development organizations -- often NGOs
-- do not believe that wealth will ever trickle down to women or
men in poverty; they see community development initiatives to
address poverty as part of an alternative development approach. A
commitment to equality between women and men may or may not figure
as a part of their work.This book examines the complex links
between poverty and inequality between women and men. It shows how
gender inequalities impact on men s, women s and children s
experiences of poverty, and demonstrates the importance of
integrating gender analysis into every aspect of development
initiatives. Covering a range of issues including macro-level
neoliberal restructuring, poverty reduction strategies, gender
budgets, education, HIV/AIDS, globalization and poverty in the
North, the contributors bring new insights into the impacts of
gender-blind development policies at all levels. Illustrating their
analysis with examples from Peru, Sudan, Tanzania, Ghana, Togo, and
the UK, they show how gender equality forms an integral part of
"development," which must be mainstreamed into all poverty
alleviation programs and development initiatives."
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