Fixing women or fixing the world? 'Smart economics', efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development

Gender and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 517-529

  Chant, Sylvia ^a   Sweetman, Caroline ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

efficiency; empowerment; feminist economics; gender equality; smart economics; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869151355     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2012.731812     Document Type: Article

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