Gender, Education and Development: Beyond Access to Empowerment

This book grounds the education of women and girls in the realities of their lives and experience in diverse areas of the developing world. The case studies range from the Arakambut of Peru to the changing experience of racialized education in South Africa. The contributors take issue with the World Bank’s view that the education of girls and women is important primarily as a cost-effective mechanism for making women more economically productive.

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Grounds the education of women and girls in the realities of their lives and experiences in the developing world. After an overview of the impact of structural adjustment on education in Latin America and Africa, presents case studies from Third World countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Also critically analyzes the World Bank's view that women's education is the most cost-effective mechanism for making them more economically productive. Paper edition (unseen), $22.50. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Christine Heward is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick.

Sheila Bunwaree is lecturer in the Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius.