World Development Report 2012: Radical redistribution or just tinkering within the template?

The World Development Report 2012, rather radically, responds to employment segregation by advocating affirmative action. This move could prove momentous – mainstreaming a hitherto peripheral feminist cause. Drawing on research about changing gender roles in Zambia's Copperbelt, this paper demo...

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Published in:	Development (Society for International Development) 2012-03, Vol.55 (1), p.134-137
Main Author:	Evans, Alice
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Affirmative Action Developing countries Development and Social Change Development Economics Development Policy Development Studies Economic Crises Economic development Egalitarianism Employment Equality Feminism Gender Gender equity Gender roles Gender studies Globalization International crisis Intervention Labor Market Labour market LDCs Men Microfinance Report Review Role Models Segregation Social norms Social Sciences Sustainable development Women World Bank Zambia
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Summary:	The World Development Report 2012, rather radically, responds to employment segregation by advocating affirmative action. This move could prove momentous – mainstreaming a hitherto peripheral feminist cause. Drawing on research about changing gender roles in Zambia's Copperbelt, this paper demonstrates the importance of creating role models through active labour market interventions. However, apart from the World Bank's commendably radical push for redistribution, its macroeconomic template remains remarkably intact – neither perturbed by the global economic crisis nor by much feminist economics.
ISSN:	1011-6370 1461-7072