Paper short abstract

.I address the issue of contradictions in looking vs doing good through a consideration of global development programs that support girls’ education, women’s participation in micro-entreprise, and gendered dynamics in population control and policies.

Paper long abstract

This panel allows us to engage in questions concerning the tensions between projected need to appear as actively engaged in solving development crises and interest in supporting development programs that attempt to solve them. I address this issue through a consideration of global development programs that support girls' education, women's participation in micro-entreprise, and gendered dynamics in population control and policies. Key to this discussion is a sense of accountability, with different senses of success as well as divergent approaches to implementation and public presentations of that implementation.