Edited and introduced by a leading researcher and activist, this four-volume Major Work in the Routledge Critical Concepts in Development series, brings together both cutting-edge and canonical research about gender and development which will enable development scholars, policy-makers and workers to understand and address such challenges more effectively. With introductions, newly written by the editor, which place the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Gender and Development is an essential collection destined to be valued by scholars, students and practitioners as a vital research resource.Selected Contents: Volume I: Theory and classics. Volume II: Laws and Methods. Volume III: Natural Resource Use, Labour, Microfinance. Volume IV: Social, political, cultural, sexuality, and health networks