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Patrons of women : literacy projects and gender development in rural Nepal /

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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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Main Author: Hertzog, Esther
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Subjects:
Literacy programs > Nepal.
Rural women > Nepal > Social conditions.
Sex discrimination against women > Nepal.
Women in rural development > Nepal.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Népal.
Femmes dans le développement rural > Népal.
Literacy programs
Rural women > Social conditions
Sex discrimination against women
Women in rural development
Nepal
Anthropology
Gender
Studies
Women
Development studies
Asia
World
Bank
Economics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages )
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781299777231
1299777236
9781789206418
1789206413
9781798206416
1798206412