Gender and Economic Development

Gender and Economic Development is a Social Science course taught by Smita Ramnarain.

This course satisfies Division I requirements.

Course Description
This course examines the processes, politics and policies of economic development from a gender perspective. In the earlier modules of the course, we look into theoretical and conceptual frameworks that have guided the gender perspective in economic development over time. Later modules of the course examine the (often uneven) impact of economic development policies on men and women, and on gender relations. Among other things, the discussion will include women's work, the gendered consequences of structural adjustment, and the impact of environmental problems, conflict and globalization on gender relations. The course is appropriate for students interested in working in the area of international development in the Global South (Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean), for economics majors who would like an introduction to the growing literature on gender and development, and for women's studies majors who work in the social sciences.

Learning Goals

 * Writing
 * Reading
 * Quantitative
 * Multi-Cultural
 * Presenting