Gender and the Millennium Development Goals

Nine articles from international scholars consider the Millennium Development Goals from the perspective of gender. The emphasis throughout is on women's rights and empowerment as key factors in combating poverty, hunger, and disease while stimulating development. The material in this volume (which lacks a subject index) was originally published as a single issue of the journal Gender and Development. Distributed in the U.S. by Stylus. Annotation 2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)