by Rose A. Sackeyfio Note:This tribute was originally published in “The Conversation” on June 7th, 2023. Prolific author and former Ghanaian education minister Ama Ata Aidoo passed away on 31 May 2023 at the age of 81. News of her death reverberated around the world, proof of her towering influence in literary, feminist and political…
Category: Feminist Africa 2023, Volume 4, Issue 2 – Public-Private Partnerships and Development in Africa: Feminist Contestations
Public-Private Partnership: A Landmark of Mainstream Development Discourse and Why Feminists Should Worry
by Corina Rodriguez Enriquez The mainstream development discourse has located the idea of blended finance as a central element.The key argument is that States do not have sufficient resources to meet the investments needed to promote and sustain development. For this reason, it is necessary to combine different sources of financing, including the private sector…
Editorial: Public-Private Partnerships and Development in Africa: Feminist Contestations
by Corina Rodriguez Enriquez, Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey and Sue Godt Feminism has long been incorporating economic issues into its agenda.This is evident from the pioneering work of those who analysed the gender dimension in development debates, to the pioneering voices from the Global South that pointed out the risks of the marketisation of governance (Taylor…
Feminist Africa Volume 4, Issue 2 (2023) Public-Private Partnerships and Development in Africa: Feminist Contestations
Feminism has long been incorporating economic issues into its agenda. This is evident from the pioneering work of those who analysed the gender dimension in development debates1, to the pioneering voices from the Global South that pointed out the risks of the marketisation of governance (Taylor 2000), to the current discussions on the challenges that…