Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank's 1997 World Development Report, 'The State in a Changing World'. The paper sets out the Bank's conception of a 'good' state as it emerges from the Report. We then evaluate this conception of the...

Using research conducted for the Women's Budget Initiative (WBI) in South Africa, this paper examines the impact of government expenditure on women. The paper uses the budget of the South African Department of Trade and Industry to assess how this department's activities impacts on women. The...

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