Book contents
- Water and Aid in Mozambique
- The International African Library
- Water and Aid in Mozambique
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Divergent Development Discourses
- 3 Life before the Handpumps
- 4 Sustainability and Sense of Ownership
- 5 The Politics of Water Access
- 6 Gender Roles and Water Practices with the Handpumps
- 7 Development Encounters
- 8 Conclusions
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Titles in the Series
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 August 2022
Book contents
- Water and Aid in Mozambique
- The International African Library
- Water and Aid in Mozambique
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Divergent Development Discourses
- 3 Life before the Handpumps
- 4 Sustainability and Sense of Ownership
- 5 The Politics of Water Access
- 6 Gender Roles and Water Practices with the Handpumps
- 7 Development Encounters
- 8 Conclusions
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Titles in the Series
Summary
Chapter 1 introduces the key themes of the book: hydro-social understandings of water, critical development approaches, women’s empowerment, and development evaluation. It also provides some reflections on my own positionality vis-à-vis the research and the water project.
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- Water and Aid in MozambiqueGendered Perspectives of Change, pp. 1 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022