Gender, Development, and Poverty

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 - organisations working in the development sector. This book examines 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 neo-liberal restructuring, poverty reduction strategies, gender budgets, education, HIV/AIDS, globalization and poverty in the north, the contributors bring new insights into impacts of gender-blind development policies at all levels. They show how gender equality forms an integral part of development which must be mainstreamed into all poverty alleviation programmes and development initiatives if these are to create positive outcomes for poor people.

ISBN 0855984805   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780855984809 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 202 Publisher Oxfam Publishing   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxfam Professional   Series editor Sweetman, Caroline, Masika, Rachel Format Paperback   Series ISSN 0968-286 Publication date 27 Dec 2002   Series title Oxfam Focus on Gender Library of Congress 2003447935   Height (mm) 189 DEWEY 362.5   Width (mm) 246 DEWEY edition DC21   Spine width (mm) 5 Pages 104   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Undergraduate

		Editorial by Caroline Sweetman		2
		Passing the buck? Money literacy and alternatives to credit and savings schemes by Helen Pankhurst		10
		Challenges for integrating gender into poverty alleviation programmes: lessons from Sudan by Abdal Monium Khidir Osman		22
		Alive and kicking: women's and men's responses to poverty and globalisation in the UK by Jo Rowlands		31
		Women's oral knowledge and the poverty of formal education in the SE Peruvian Amazon by Sheila Aikman		41
		Poverty, HIV, and barriers to education: street children's experiences in Tanzania by Ruth Evans		51
		Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS by Mohga Kamal Smith		63
		Resisting austerity: a gendered perspective on neo-liberal restructuring in Peru by Maureen Hays-Mitchell		71
		Gender budgets: what's in it for NGOs? by Debbie Budlender		82
		'Engendering' Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): the issues and the challenges by Elaine Zuckerman		88
		Resources		95

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