Feminist Economics and the World Bank: History, Theory and Policy (Routledge Iaffe Advances in Feminist Economics)

The past decade has witnessed a paradigm shift at the World Bank from a focus on structural adjustment to a focus on poverty reduction. As evidenced by the Bank's 2001 report, Engendering Development: Through Rights, Resource and Voice, an increased attention to gender issues has been an important part of this process. This book brings together a range of responses from feminist economists and other social researchers on the issues raised in this report. With contributions from highly esteemed scholars such as Eudine Barriteau, Diane Elson, Gale Summerfield, and Zafiris Tzannatos, this anthology critically examines the relationships between gender, growth, development, and the World Bank by: developing a history of the World Bank's perspectives on gender empirically evaluating the impacts of the Banks'policies on three different regions of the world exploring the ideological and methodological commitments of the report from a variety of feminist and interdisciplinary social science perspectives enquiring into future directions for feminist economics research. Highlighting the importance and challenge of taking gender into account in development theory and policy, this book's complex and nuanced analyses of the social relations of gender in a global context make it an important resource for policymakers, activists and scholars alike. Feminist Economics And The World Bank / Drucilla K. Barker And Edith Kuiper -- The World Bank, Development, Adjustment, And Gender Equality / Zafiris Tzannatos -- An Assessment Of Efforts To Promote Gender Equality At The World Bank / Carolyn M. Long -- Rhetoric And Realities : A Comment / Sakuntala Narasimhan -- Engendering Development : A Critique / Rose-marie Avin -- Engendering Agricultural Technology For Africa's Farmers : Promises And Pitfalls / Cheryl Doss -- Taking Gender Differences In Bargaining Power Seriously : Equity, Labor Standards And Living Wages / Stephanie Seguino -- World Bank Discourse And World Bank Policy In Engendering Development : A Comment / Karin Schoenpflug -- Colonizing Knowledge : Economics And Interdisciplinarity In Engendering Development / Suzanne Bergeron -- Adjustment With A Woman's Face : Gender And Macroeconomic Policy At The World Bank / Cynthia A. Wood -- Gender And Intrahousehold Decision-making : International Migration And Other Frontiers For Development Policy / Aida Orgocka And Gale Summerfield -- Engendering Development Or Gender Main-streaming? A Critical Assessment From The Commonwealth Caribbean / Violet Eudine Barriteau -- Disciplining And Engendering The World Bank : A Comment / Laura Parisi -- A Seat At The Table : Feminist Economists Negotiate Development / Drucilla K. Barker -- Why Feminist Economists Should Pay More Attention To The Coherence Between The World Bank And The Wto / Mariama Williams -- Engendering The German Parliamentary Commission Report On Globalization Of The World Economy / Brigitte Young -- Women's Rights And Engendering Development / Diane Elson. Edited By Edith Kuiper And Drucilla K. Barker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The past decade has witnessed a paradigm shift at the World Bank from a focus on structural adjustment to a focus on poverty reduction. As evidenced by the Bank's 2001 report, Engendering Development: Through Rights, Resource and Voice, an increased attention to gender issues has been an important part of this process. This book brings together a range of responses from feminist economists and other social researchers on the issues raised in this report. With contributions from highly esteemed scholars such as Eudine Barriteau, Diane Elson, Gale Summerfield, and Zafiris Tzannatos, this anthology critically examines the relationships between gender, growth, development, and the World Bank by: developing a history of the World Bank's perspectives on gender empirically evaluating the impacts of the Banks' policies on three different regions of the world exploring the ideological and methodological commitments of the report from a variety of feminist and interdisciplinary social science perspectives enquiring into future directions for feminist economics research. Highlighting the importance and challenge of taking gender into account in development theory and policy, this book's complex and nuanced analyses of the social relations of gender in a global context make it an important resource for policymakers, activists and scholars alike Feminist economics and the World Bank / Drucilla K. Barker and Edith Kuiper The World Bank, development, adjustment, and gender equality / Zafiris Tzannatos An assessment of efforts to promote gender equality at the World Bank / Carolyn M. Long Comment : rhetoric and realities / Sakuntala Navarshimhan Engendering development / Rose-Marie Avin Engendering agricultural technology for Africa's farmers / Cheryl Doss Taking gender differences in bargaining power seriously / Stephanie Seguino Comment : World Bank discourse and World Bank policy in engendering development / Karin Schoenpflug Colonizing knowledge / Suzanne Bergeron Adjustment with a woman's face / Cynthia Wood Gender and intrahousehold decision-making / Aida Orgocka and Gale Summerfield Engendering development or gender main-streaming? / V. Eudine Barriteau Comment : "disciplining" and "engendering" the World Bank / Laura Parisi A seat at the table / Drucilla K. Barker Why feminist economists should pay more attention to the coherence between the World Bank and the WTO / Mariama Williams Engendering the German parliamentary commission report on globalization of the world economy / Brigitte Young Women's rights and engendering development / Diane Elson. Extrait de l'introduction : "In the past decade the World Bank has made a substantial shift both in theory and policy. Previously economists in Washington determined the boundaries and conditions for World Bank programmes and loans. Now macroeconomic models and top-down approaches are augmented by cooperation with local groups and non-governmental organizations. This has been accompanied by a renewed focus on fighting poverty, a decentralization of authority, and an increased involvment of national governments. An increased attention to gender issues has been an important part of this process. ... Taking the economic framework of the World Bank as a starting point for analysis, [this book] makes the case that economic growth and development cannot be effectively addressed when gender inequality is not taken into account. It starts from the premise that poverty increases gender inequalities and that gender inequalities hinder economic development." With contributions from leading scholars including Eudine Barriteau, Gale Summerfield and Diane Elson, this anthology critically examines the relationships between gender, growth, development and the World Bank. In this book, an international team of contributors including Diane Elson, Suzanne Bergeron and Cheryl Doss, provide an assessment of the World Bank