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Assuming 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...
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oapen-20.500.12657-248832021-11-10T07:55:04Z Patrons of Women Hertzog, Esther Anthropology Gender Studies Women Development studies Anthropology Asia Nepal World Bank Economics bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSJ Gender studies, gender groups::JFSJ1 Gender studies: women Assuming 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 “development expert,” she demonstrates how the professed goal of “women’s empowerment” is a pretext for promoting the interests of local elites. She demonstrates how a project intended to benefit women fails to provide them with any of the promised resources. 2019-07-26 23:55 2020-03-20 03:00:29 2020-04-01T10:12:37Z 2020-04-01T10:12:37Z 2011-05-01 book 1005221 OCN: 1135847100 9781789206418 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24883 eng application/pdf n/a 1005221.pdf Berghahn Books 10.2307/j.ctt9qd6nt 104863 10.2307/j.ctt9qd6nt 562fcfcf-0356-4c23-869a-acb39d8c84b5 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781789206418 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 104863 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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Assuming 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 “development expert,” she demonstrates how the professed goal of “women’s empowerment” is a pretext for promoting the interests of local elites. She demonstrates how a project intended to benefit women fails to provide them with any of the promised resources. |
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