Assessing the Gender Impact of Development Projects
Vera Gianotten, Verona Groverma, Edith van Wilsum, Lida Zuidberg
Gender impact assessment is a way to estimate the expected impact of an intervention, such as a development project, on women, and to what extent the specific interests and needs of various categories of women will be affected. Such assessment provides information relevant to project planning, and should preferably take place before a project begins. This book presents three case studies from Burkina Faso, India and Bolivia in which this method was used, plus an introduction to the methodology, conclusions regarding its use, and the lessons to be learned from the studies.
Published: 1994
Pages: 104
eBook: 9781780444512
Paperback: 9781853392719
| Abbreviations 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgements 7 | |||
| Preface 9 | |||
| Introduction 11 | |||
| 1 Methodology 17 | |||
| 2 Bolivia 25 | |||
| Female peasants as economic actors | |||
| Vera Gianotten | |||
| 3 Burkina Faso 49 | |||
| Integrated rural development: for whom and with whom? | |||
| Lida Zuidberg | |||
| 4 India 71 | |||
| Women may lose or gain: expected impact of irrigation projects | |||
| Verona Groverman and Edith van Walsum | |||
| 5 Conclusions 95 | |||
| About the authors |
Vera Gianotten
Vera Gianotten trained as an anthropologist and sociologist; her PhD. is in rural sociology. She has worked in Latin America for fourteen years and has, since 1989, been a senior researcher in the Department of Agriculture and Enterprise Development within the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam. She has published a variety of books and articles on her research.
Verona Groverma
Verona Groverman, a rural sociologist, has built up her experience with gender issues in rural development through her work both in universities and in the field, including projects in Africa that use a participatory approach. For a number of years she has worked as a consultant in rural and agricultural development, specializing in gender.
Edith van Wilsum
Edith van Walsum's university background is in rural development sociology, extension and nutrition. Her extensive experience with gender issues in agriculture has included both her work as assistant professor in the Department of Gender Studies in Agriculture at Wageningen Agricultural University and that as a consultant in Africa and Asia.
Lida Zuidberg
Lida Zuidberg is a rural sociologist who specializes in household studies. She has worked in Indonesia and Mali as well as the Netherlands, and at present is a consultant within the Department of Agriculture and Enterprise Development of the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam. Her focus is on participatory research and extension methods, including gender analysis.
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