Annotation Makes recommendations for removing the barriers women face in contributing to and benefiting from sustainable economic development. International experience has proved that support for a stronger role for women in society contributes to economic growth through improved child survival rates, better family health, and reduced fertility rates. Nevertheless, women still face many barriers in contributing to and benefiting from development. These include low investment in female education and health and restricted access to services and assets. This study highlights five areas that could help change this inequitable situation: education, health, wage labor, agriculture and natural resource management, and financial services. A gender and development strategy is suggested that would take into account the relative roles and responsibilities of women and men, implying that the actions and attitudes of men must change. The ideas presented in this paper are an example of the World Bank's commitment to mainstreaming gender concerns into its operations. Although significant steps have already been taken in this direction, there remains a long road ahead. Also available: French (ISBN 0-8213-3023-3) Stock No. 13023; Spanish (ISBN 0-8213-3024-1) Stock No. 13024.

Il existe partout dans le monde une multitude d'initiatives locales spécifiquement féminines combinant activités économiques (production, consommation, finance, etc.) et politiques (défense des droits) et pourtant celles-ci sont quasiment ignorées de l'opinion publique et du domaine académique. La mobilisation des femmes pour faire de l'économique autrement est-elle une résistance et un palliatif à la mondialisation libérale ? Ou assiste-t-on à la construction d'une alternative ? Telle est la question centrale de cet ouvrage. Isabelle Guérin est socio-économiste, chercheur à l'Institut de recherche pour le développement, responsable du programme « Travail, finances et dynamiques sociales » de l'Institut français de Pondichéry Madeleine Hersent, directrice de l'association ADEL (Association pour le développement économique local) Laurent Fraisse est socio-économiste, chercheur au Laboratoire interdisciplinaire pour la sociologie économique.

One of the major issues this book examines is what the African experience and identity have contributed to the debate on citizenship in the era of globalisation. The volume presents case studies of different African contexts, illustrating the gendered aspects of citizenship as experienced by African men and women. Citizenship carries manifold gendered aspects and given the distinct gender roles and responsibilities, globalisation affects citizenship in different ways. It further examines new forms of citizenship emerging from the current era dominated by a neoliberal focus. The book is not exclusive in terms of theorisation but its focus on African contexts, with an in-depth analysis taking into consideration local culture and practices and their implications for citizenship, provides a good foundation for further scholarly work on gender and citizenship in Africa.