1st Edition

Gender, Digitalization, and Resilience in International Development Failing Forward

274 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the intersection of gender, digitalization, and resilience in international development. Building resilience is increasingly seen as crucial when planning and implementing development programmes, enabling communities to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates inclusive growth. Gender plays a... Read more

Preamble: Why this Book Now?

1. Failing Forward: Systems Resilience for International Development

2. International Development, Resilience, and Sustainability in Historical Perspective: What We Pursue and Why We Pursue It

3. Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO): A Resilient Systems Approach for Sustainable Growth

4. The Medium for the Missing: Participatory Animated Media for Ethical and Effective Information Dissemination

5. Resilience and Gender: Actionable Educational Steps toward Fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals

6. Wicked Solutions for Wicked Problems: Catalysts and the WIDGET model

7. Changing for the Future: Two Case Studies of Resilience, Gender, and ICT4D in Burkina Faso and Ghana

8. Contents, Media, and Genres for Learning

9. Translating to Connect Local Languages for Learning

10. Resilience, Gender, and the Democratization of Development through Digitalization

Biography

Julia Bello-Bravo is an Assistant Professor in the Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication Department, Purdue University, USA

John William Medendorp is an Associate Director of the Urban Center, Department of Entomology, Purdue University, USA

Anne Namatsi Lutomia is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Entomology, Purdue University, USA

Barry Robert Pittendrigh is the Director of the Urban Center, Department of Entomology, Purdue University, USA