Concepts and practices of development: feminist contributions and future perspectives, Huguette Dagenais and Denise Piche; concepts and methods under scrutiny wid, wad, gad; tendances de la recherche et de la pratique dans le champ du developpement, Eva M. Rathgeber; indiginization issues in women and development studies in the Caribbean - towards a holistic approach, Rosina Wiltshire; quand la realite fait eclater les concepts....reflexion methodologique sur les femmes et le developpement dan la region caraibe, Huguette Dagenais; women and household production - an ecosystem perspective with a comparison of two studies from Africa, Lila E. Engberg, Susan A. Beckerson, Edith Francois. The consequences of development policies for women: women and rice production in West Malaysia, Cecilia Ng; alternative development strategies for women in rural China, Ellen Judd; gender and economic reform in Southwest China, Laurel Bossen; thankless tasks and scarce incentives - the work and life experiences of Chinese nurses, Nancy E. Johnson and Glenda S. Roberts; gender and development in Thailand - deconstructing display, Penny van Esterik; programme de planification familiale et liberte reproductive au Yucatan, Mexique, Arlette Gautier; the empowerment of women through alternative actions; empowerment of women in contemporary Uganda - real or symbolic?, Rosalind E. Boyd; the double-edged role of religious politics in empowering women; Maquiladora workers in Juarez, Mexico, from 1968 to 1988, Kathryn Kopinak; Lubicon Lake Cree women - responses to rapid social change, Rosemary Brown; native women as entrepreneurs, Peggy Brizinski and Linda Jaine; working towards a feminist vision of development, Linda Cardinal, Annette Costigan, and Tracy Heffernan; testimonies; Indian rights for Indian women; Mary Two-Axe Early; Inuit women in action, Aani Palliser Tulugak; feminism and development in the Caribbean, Sonia M. Cuales.