Gender, Poverty and Globalization in India

Rekha Pande argues that globalization in India has produced a very uneven distribution of resources along caste, gender and tribal lines. Poor women in rural areas and in the informal sector have been the worst hit by recent economic transformations. Yet, there is very little realization that developmental policies in general and structural adjustment in particular is not gender neutral. Development (2007) 50, 134–140. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100367