Engendering Adjustment For The 1990S: Report Of A Commonwealth Expert Group On Women And Structural Adjustment
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A landmark work in development economics and gender studies, Engendering Adjustment for the 1990s presents the findings and recommendations of a Commonwealth Expert Group convened to examine the disproportionate impact of structural adjustment programs on women across developing nations. The report argues with clarity and conviction that mainstream economic adjustment policies, as prescribed by institutions such as the IMF and World Bank, systematically overlooked the gendered dimensions of poverty, labor, and social reproduction. Drawing on evidence from multiple Commonwealth countries, it illustrates how austerity measures and market liberalization eroded women's access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunity, while simultaneously increasing their unpaid domestic burdens. Written in an authoritative yet accessible policy register, the report instructs governments and international bodies to integrate gender analysis into the design and implementation of macroeconomic reform. A vital document for scholars, policymakers, and advocates, it remains a foundational text in the feminist critique of neoliberal development orthodoxy.
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Format: Paperback
Published: 1989, Commonwealth Secretariat
Genre: Gender studies
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
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Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Pages bright.
A landmark work in development economics and gender studies, Engendering Adjustment for the 1990s presents the findings and recommendations of a Commonwealth Expert Group convened to examine the disproportionate impact of structural adjustment programs on women across developing nations. The report argues with clarity and conviction that mainstream economic adjustment policies, as prescribed by institutions such as the IMF and World Bank, systematically overlooked the gendered dimensions of poverty, labor, and social reproduction. Drawing on evidence from multiple Commonwealth countries, it illustrates how austerity measures and market liberalization eroded women's access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunity, while simultaneously increasing their unpaid domestic burdens. Written in an authoritative yet accessible policy register, the report instructs governments and international bodies to integrate gender analysis into the design and implementation of macroeconomic reform. A vital document for scholars, policymakers, and advocates, it remains a foundational text in the feminist critique of neoliberal development orthodoxy.