"This is the most useful and comprehensive volume to have been published in the field of gender and development. The intellectual rigour combined with accessibility and engagement makes it a critical read for students, researchers, academics and policy makers. Indeed anyone who wishes to gain an in-depth yet wide ranging understanding of key contemporary global issues within the gender and development arena should read this book." -- Suzanne M Clisby, University of Hull, UK

In recent years, issues of gender and development have increasingly been brought to public attenion. Consequently students’ interest in gender and development has grown considerably in the last few years, due to issues such as:

• Global financial problems
• rising food prices, climate change
• international migration – increasingly by women
• the spread of tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue fever
• increased incidence of HIV/AIDS and TB
• changing patterns of trade

Featuring items such as chapter learning objectives, discussion questions, annotated guides to further reading and websites Gender and Development remains enaging and student-friendly throughout. The text is enlivened with examples and case studies drawn from the author’s worldwide field research and consultancies with international development agencies over four decades and her experience of teaching the topic to undergraduates and postgraduates in many countries. It will be an essential text for a variety of courses on development, women’s studies, sociology, anthropology and geography.