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| Title | Better Access to Growth: Mainstreaming Gender in Cluster Development |
| Abstract | This paper explores how integrating a gender perspective within technical cooperation projects can enhance the pro-poor effects of cluster development. It attempts to focus on the critical factors that need to be integrated into a cluster development project and on the problems and limitations that can arise, its final objective being to guide cluster development practitioners on engendering their work. Following the introduction in Chapter I, Chapter II provides an overview on the status of women in developing countries and on how discrimination impacts on their well-being. Chapter III summarizes the evolution of the literature on gender and introduces the relevant concepts. The following part recalls the interrelation linking women and development, while in Chapter V analytical and operational tools are presented for the implementation of a gender aware cluster development initiative. The concluding section summarizes the main findings and points to the importance of introducing a gender perspective in the pro-poor development agenda. |
| Date | 2007 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Pages | 59 pages |
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