Hertzog, Esther <br/><br/>
Patrons of Women : Literacy Projects and Gender Development in Rural Nepal 

 -  Berghahn Books  20110501 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Assuming women’s empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a “Gender Activities Project” within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a “development expert,” she demonstrates how the professed goal of “women’s empowerment” is a pretext for promoting the interests of local elites. She demonstrates how a project intended to benefit women fails to provide them with any of the promised resources. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>j.ctt9qd6nt 9781789206418 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.2307/j.ctt9qd6nt  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gender studies: women
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Anthropology Gender Studies Women Development studies Anthropology Asia Nepal World Bank Economics