African women in the development process

the long version

Nici Nelson has brought together an excellent, if slim, volume of essays, very useful to policymakers, programmers, and development researchers. The collection affirms a new stage in the Women and Development literature, one beyond that of documenting disadvantages of development for women to another which provides means to alleviate such disadvantages. (Nelson's article on organisational and management considera- tions in recruiting and training women staff and in mobilising village women is a prime example of the second approach.) Most selections in the volume are new, applied field- research studies, never before published. They range in method from survey research to ethnographic case studies and project evaluations. The selections are refreshingly speci- fic about both contexts and alternative project management structures and their implications for sound and equitable development approaches. -- Review from http://www.jstor.org (Sep. 14, 2016).