Conceptual issues in Nigeria's gender-specific rural poverty alleviation strategy

Izugbara, C O; Ukwayi, J K

Author(s)

Izugbara, C O
Ukwayi, J K

Editor(s)

Eade, Deborah

Publication date

2002-02-01

Document type

Journal article

Language

English

Description

Gender-specific strategies have become very popular in efforts to achieve the sustainable alleviation of rural poverty in Africa. However, there is growing concern that this strategy is based upon weak conceptual grounds. Based on insights gleaned from years of involvement with women-only development projects in Nigeria, the authors highlight some key conceptual challenges to this strategy and argue that unless these are overcome, these pitfalls will eventually consign Nigeria's gender-specific poverty alleviation strategy to the graveyard of disused development paradigms.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>

ISSN

0961-4524

EISSN

1364-9213

Collections

Journal articles