| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge/UNRISD Research in Gender and Development |
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Routledge/UNRISD research in gender and development.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Foreword; Preface; 1 Engendering Development Strategies and MacroeconomicPolicies: What's Sound and Sensible?; 2 The Road to Gender Equality: Global Trends andthe Way Forward; 3 Making Policy Work for Women: Gender, Foreign DirectInvestment and Development; 4 Chile Under a Gender Lens: From Import Substitutionto Open Markets; 5 Changes in Economic Policy Regimes in Uruguay froma Gender Perspective, 1930-2000; 6 Growth with Gender Inequity: Another Look atEast Asian Development |
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7 The Gender Implications of Macroeconomic Policy andPerformance in Malaysia8 Gender Dimensions of Viet Nam's Macroeconomic andStructural Reform Policies, 1975-2005; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
The contributors to this edited volume explore the effects of various development strategies and associated macroeconomic policies on women's well-being and progress towards gender equality. Detailed analyses of major UN reports on gender reveal the different approaches to assessing absolute and relative progress for women and the need to take into account the specifics of policy regimes when making such assessments. The book argues that neoliberal policies, especially the liberalization of trade and investment, make it difficult to close gender wage and earnings gaps, and new gender sensitive |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana
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Zammit, Ann
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| ISBN |
9781135911140 |
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1135911142 |
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