Gender roles in development projects: a case book

By:

Overholt, Catherine (ed.)

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York; Library of Congress; 1985Description: 320pISBN:

931816157

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DDC classification:

305.3 GEN

Summary: GENDER ROLES IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT'S: A CASE BOOK Edited by Catherine Overholt, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and James E. Austin. This collection of technical papers and case studies, edited under the auspices of the Harvard Institute of International Development, will give scholars and practitioners in all fields of international development a clearer picture of the pivotal role that women play in the success or failure of any development project. Examples are drawn from a wide range of cultural and political environments including small-scale enter- prises in the Dominican Republic, bank loan programs in Peru and Indonesia, and problems of agricultural technology and training in Africa. The reader will gain an understanding of how women's needs and activities may better be incorporated into development planning. SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOOK "Provides a conceptual framework and emperical case studies which are both relevant and useful in designing development assistance projects and programs.' D. Woods Thomas, International Programs, Purdue University. “A unique and valuable set of materials which uses the case method to explore how attention to gender issues alters the economic and social analysis of development projects." Judith Bruce, International Programs, The Population Council.

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GENDER ROLES IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT'S: A CASE BOOK
Edited by Catherine Overholt, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and
James E. Austin.
This collection of technical papers and case studies, edited under the
auspices of the Harvard Institute of International Development, will
give scholars and practitioners in all fields of international development
a clearer picture of the pivotal role that women play in the success or
failure of any development project. Examples are drawn from a wide
range of cultural and political environments including small-scale enter-
prises in the Dominican Republic, bank loan programs in Peru and
Indonesia, and problems of agricultural technology and training in
Africa. The reader will gain an understanding of how women's needs
and activities may better be incorporated into development planning.
SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOOK
"Provides a conceptual framework and emperical case studies which
are both relevant and useful in designing development assistance
projects and programs.'
D. Woods Thomas, International Programs, Purdue University.
“A unique and valuable set of materials which uses the case method to
explore how attention to gender issues alters the economic and social
analysis of development projects."
Judith Bruce, International Programs, The Population Council.

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