In this book, emerging long-term trends in the world economy are analysed to show their effect on the economic position of women in developing countries. Stressing the interlinkages between the macro and micro levels of the economy, the book approaches the subject from the perspective of both...

This article reports the proceedings of the 1995 annual retreat of academic staff of the Institute of Development Studies, in which IDS took stock of its broad-based efforts in gender analysis. There were presentations on the strategic dilemmas of state and non-governmental organisations...