In the first half of the book, Beneria looks at the issues facing the individual concepts of gender, development, and globalization. While Beneria admits that most of this is simply reiteration of previous books and papers, she takes this opportunity to introduce ideas that economists, or feminists, or social workers would know about their issues and share them with the others; however, remember this is written by an economist, so many conclusions from the other fields are drawn up in r

To conclude, the first half of this book introduces important themes and begins to draw correlations between them and begins to form policies for the future. However, I am again struck by the absurdity of demanding change from the G-7, the group which has prospered most from the current situation. Of course they are going to be against any change ? the policies in place currently are ones that have helped them thrive as well as they have and it seems that these policies will stay in place. Yet, perhaps it is only the constant whistle-blowing of feminists, sociologists, and economists that will make any change for the future.

Which brings us to the second issue of practical and strategic gender needs. Economists will be quick to point out the creation of jobs specifically for women in developing countries, and feminists would be just as quick to point out that these jobs do not allow any advancement and are actually a step backward because they create an excuse for not allowing women in management situations. (Beneria 21) This can actually be shown as evidenced in the difference between the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Gender-related Development Index (GDI). Countries that are known for this type of behavior (such as Japan and Saudi Arabia ? perhaps due to social norms) both score much lower on the GDI than the HDI.

In my own experience in the Philippines I found that the government was run by those who were also in control of the local economy and thus the government will make ridiculous rules against foreign multi-nationals in order to preserve their own investments. In fact, only in the last decade have taxis been able to be anything but local brands. This law was created, and lobbied for, by the congressmen who owned the local car companies. It is the practice of this type of government (which the United States put into control at the end of World War II) that looks good on paper but is very different in practice that helps me understand the laissez-faire attitude of Ravi Kanbur and Larry Summers.

The first dichotomy we are faced with

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