We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Gender and the Multilateral Development Banks: From WID to GAD to Retroliberal WID.
- Authors
Bazbauers, Adrian Robert; Madkour, Nadeen
- Abstract
Multilateral development bank (MDB) engagement with 'gender' is controversial in review and uneven in practice. The authors analyse 1,928 gender-focused projects financed by the World Bank and regional development banks between 1967 and 2021. We propose three eras into which MDB gender engagement divides and argues that isomorphic pressures have aligned their approaches. The article concludes that gender is not an investment priority and projects have conceptually narrowed over time to focus on private entrepreneurship at the expense of addressing systemic gendered inequalities. This is significant for what the MDB finance signals to investors the feasibility of development projects.
- Subjects
WORLD Bank; DEVELOPMENT banks; REGIONAL development; INSTITUTIONAL isomorphism; REGIONAL banks; GENDER inequality; BANKING industry; LETTERS of credit
- Publication
Progress in Development Studies, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 2, p165
- ISSN
1464-9934
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/14649934231210100