Key issues in gender studies and development today are explored in detail, from rural and urban poverty to population and family planning, resulting from the 1995 UN Conference on Women.
This book is a valuable contribution to the field of gender and development as it offers refreshing retrospective essays by some leading scholars.Scholars, researchers, activists, policy makers and advanced students interested in gender and development issues can celebrate the 'coming of age' of gender analysis of development by reading this book. - Nesecan Balkan, Department of Economics, Hamilton College, USA reviews for Radical political Economics, 2002