ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the gendered underpinnings of neoliberal development strategy as embodied in development institutions, a key modus operandi of which is the ‘neoliberal globalisation’ thesis. By ‘development institution’, I am referring to those inter-governmental organisations that operate explicitly in reference to the socalled ‘developing world’ (see Figure 16.1). Development institutions are prominent (but by no means uncomplicated) examples of global governance, which take shape in a variety of forms. They are worth examining in some detail, however, not least for an association with the developing world riddled with narratives of imperialism and inequality, but also the possibility of resistance and future change.
