Gender, Development and Poverty

doi:10.3362/9780855987435

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.

Published: 2002
Pages: 104

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Editorial 2
Passing the buck? Money literacy and alternatives to credit and savings schemes 10
Challenges for integrating gender into poverty alleviation programmes: lessons from Sudan 22
Alive and kicking: women's and men's responses to poverty and globalisation in the UK 31
Women's oral knowledge and the poverty of formal education in the SE Peruvian Amazon 41
Poverty, HIV, and barriers to education: street children's experiences in Tanzania 51
Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS 63
Resisting austerity: a gendered perspective on neo-liberal restructuring in Peru 71
Gender budgets: what's in it for NGOs? 82
'Engendering' Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): the issues and the challenges 88
Resources 95