Gender, power and knowledge for development

In: Routledge explorations in development studies

Abstract

Introduction -- Knowledge for development as an exercise in power -- The knowledge brokering business : NGOs and feminisms in development -- Anatomy of a knowledge broker -- "The language is difficult" : interrogating progressive information production processes -- "Very clearly there is no strategy" : interrogating progressive information dissemination practices -- "If you want to start a new project, then you pray that funders are on the same wavelength!" : interrogating southern-based knowledge intermediaries and systems -- Conclusion