Patrons of women literacy projects and gender development in rural Nepal
Assuming that women's empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a "Gender Activities Project" within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureau...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books
2011.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424444206719 |
| Summary: | Assuming that women's empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a "Gender Activities Project" within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a practicing "development expert," she demonstrates that the professed goal of "women's empowerment" is a pretext for promoting economic organizational goals and the interests of local elites. She shows how a |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781798206418 9781789206418 9781845459857 |
