Women and International Economic Development paper

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    Use Times New Roman 12-point font 1 margins double spaced. Please edit and spell-check. Use MLA or Chicago style for citations. ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW 3 PAGES FOR Q1 AND 1 PAGE FOR Q2 AND Q3. 5 PAGES IN TOTAL
    Discuss why microfinance programs have been credited with empowering millions of poor women worldwide. Then for the second part of the question develop a gender analysis of why they have been critiqued. With examples discuss how social institutions (household community state market) and development discourse (by NGOs corporations states international agencies) effect the relationships between microfinance and poverty. What are some strategies to change financial exclusion to address structural inequalities in gender ethnicity race and class over the long term? (Kabeer on Empowerment Visvanathan & Yoder Radhakrishnan Mc Michael) (50 points)
    Define masculinity and patriarchal dividend. Discuss the most likely strategies to change the patriarchal dividend with at least two specific examples (Connell Lifelineshttp://www.lifelinesfilm.com/(Links to an external site.) Tough Guisehttp://washington.kanopystreaming.com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/video/tough-guise-2-violence-manhood-and-american-culture(Links to an external site.) and A Way to Justice-MenEngage in Africahttp://vimeo.com/47062526(Links to an external site.)) (20 points)The model of development which relies on globalization to integrate every part of the world more deeply into markets with the aim of higher economic growth is now in crisis according to McMichael (Chapter 10).
    Discuss why and how the rise of anti-globalization politics in the U.S and elsewhere could be understood as one response to this crisis. In the second part of your answer discuss alternative word views broadly conceived as pluriverses. How do they rethink development? What are the implications of pluriverses for rethinking gender identities expressions and gender inequality? (30 points)

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