Social and Gender Analysis in Natural Resource Management

IDRC has released a new book which documents and reflects on the steps that researchers are taking to implement social and gender analysis, including questions of class, caste, and ethnicity, into their everyday work.

Asian societies are complex and undergoing rapid change. Notions of gender, class, caste, ethnicity, and age are integral to understanding power relations and decision-making processes concerning the access, use, and management of natural resources. As well, a sound understanding of social difference is needed to find answers to the questions of who participates and how, and who benefits and how from development interventions, projects, programs, and policies.