Nancy Birdsall Quotes

More women speaking up and seizing the helm of power can create its own momentum. It can change the culture that helps perpetuate those external forces.

A masterly analysis of how political interests, economic circumstances, development strategies, and local history have shaped what are surprisingly different versions of the welfare state across the developing world. The authors combine fine-grained country analyses with intelligent use of data, and explain and extend the theory and literature on the modern welfare state. The book is both scholarly and readable.