This book argues that the development process is marked by male bias - ill-founded and unjustified asymmetries that operate in favour of men and against women.

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Third World debt crisis, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's adjustment policies have compelled many countries to move towards a contraction of

#1 International Bestseller Winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner of the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize

In this book, Jeremiah I. Dibua challenges prevailing notions of Africa's development crisis by drawing attention to the role of modernization as a way of under