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: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2011.
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| Series: | Online access: OAPEN Open Research Library (ORL)
Online access: OAPEN DOAB Directory of Open Access Books. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845459857 1845459857 1845457684 9781845457686 9781789206418 1789206413 |