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- Title
REMORTGAGING WOMEN'S LIVES: THE WORLD BANK'S LAND AGENDA IN AFRICA.
- Authors
Manji, Ambreena
- Abstract
In recent months, the World Bank has issued a series of draft policy reports on land relations. This is the first time in over two decades that the Bank has sought to review its policy on lending in the land sector. Access to the draft reports and participation in the consultation process has, however, been severely limited. Nonetheless, the World Bank expects to issue the final Report by the end of this year. This paper presents a gender analysis of the two draft documents that have been made available to date. It assesses their implications for gender relations in Africa. It explores the World Bank's promotion of formal rural credit and challenges the assumption of the availability of women's unpaid agricultural labour. The paper argues that, far from being over, the struggle over land relations which has characterised the last decade in Africa, must continue.
- Subjects
AFRICA; INTERNATIONAL banking industry; WORLD Bank Group; CREDIT; FINANCE; ACCOUNTS receivable
- Publication
Feminist Legal Studies, 2003, Vol 11, Issue 2, p139
- ISSN
0966-3622
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1025012310591