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Author Griffiths, Claire.

Title Globalizing the postcolony : contesting discourses of gender and development in francophone Africa / Claire H. Griffiths.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 323 pages).
Bibliography
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series After the empire: the Francophone world and postcolonial France
After the empire.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part I: IS THERE A GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IN FRANCOPHONE AFRICA?; Chapter 01. Gender and Development in Francophone Africa; Chapter 02. Science, Statistics, and Stories; Part II: WHEN GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT WENT GLOBAL; Chapter 03. The Origins of a Global Discourse, 1945 to 1990; Chapter 04. "Good Governance" for Development, 1990-2000; Chapter 05. The Millennium Summit and Beyond; Part III: FROM THE GLOBAL TO THE POSTCOLONY: DATA PROFILING IN GABON AND SENEGAL; Chapter 06. Mapping Gender and Development; Chapter 07. Senegal.
Summary Globalizing the Postcolony: Contesting Discourses of Gender and Development in Francophone Africa is a study of development in the former French colonies of West Africa. It takes as its starting point the international community's reporting on human and social development and gender in the developing areas which began systematically in 1990 and which has provided a framework for policy-making in this field. International reports suggest that the francophone African countries have been experiencinglow levels of social development throughout the past two decades. These levels fall dramatically.
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Subject Women -- Africa, West -- Social conditions.
Women.
West Africa.
Social conditions.
Women -- Africa, West -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Social planning -- Africa, West.
Social planning.
Economic development -- Africa, West.
Economic development.
Postcolonialism -- Africa, West.
Postcolonialism.
Africa, West -- Social policy.
Social policy.
Africa, West -- Economic policy.
Economic policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Griffiths, Claire. Globalizing the postcolony. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2010 (DLC) 2010043801
ISBN 9780739143841 (electronic)
0739143840 (electronic)
9780739143827 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0739143824