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This text focuses on whether African development has historically
been weighted in favour of the urban areas. While the authors come
out clearly against urban bias, one of their main worries is that
the benefits, and the necessity, of urban development are being
lost in adjustment approaches. What is necessary, they suggest, is
to harnessthe financial and human resources of the human city as
part of a strategy to ensure greater and more widespread economic
development. This book provides many important - and controversial
- conclusions and recommendations. North America: Heinemann
Upon signing the Millennium Declaration in 2000, the international
community committed itself to eight development goals with
timebound targets and measurable indicators. The third of these
eight goals was to 'promote gender equality and empower women'. The
third Millennium Development Goal (MDG3) in the Millennium
Declaration has spurred national and international efforts to
improve women's situation around the globe. 'Equality for Women:
Where Do We Stand on Millennium Goal 3?' tracks countries' progress
with implementing and financing MDG3 by examining national
experiences and successes with policies and programs. It also
contains an assessment of the effectiveness of different strategies
in achieving MDG3 and the financial requirements needed to attain
MDG3 by 2015. 'Equality for Women' will be useful for gender
analysts, policy makers, government officials, and others working
to promote gender mainstreaming.
The current share of women in the world's international migrant
population is close to one half. Despite the great number of female
migrants, there has until recently been a striking lack of gender
analysis in the economic literature on international migration and
development. This volume makes a valuable contribution in this
context by providing eight new studies focusing on the nexus
between gender, international migration and economic development.
The volume is organized into five parts. Part I sets the stage for
the remaining chapters by outlining data on female migration and by
reviewing previous research on gender and international migration.
Part II explores gendered determinants of migration and remittances
and contains two studies. One of them explores the determinants of
migration using a unique dataset from rural Mexico. The other study
examines gender-specific determinants of remittances using a new
dataset collected in major destination countries. Part III
addresses the impacts of migration and remittances on sending
countries, and provides two analyses of household level data from
Ghana and Mexico. Part IV turns to the labor market insertion of
female migrants, and explores their labor market participation and
performance in the U.S.. The volume concludes with a
forward-looking chapter which summarizes the major findings of this
volume, links these to policies and outlines some of the burning
policy issues that need to be addressed by future research.
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