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Caren Grown
Department of Economics
American University, Roper 205
Washington, DC 20016-8029
e-mail: cgrown(at)american(dot)edu
Tel: 202-885-3789
Fax: 202-885-3790
Professor of Economics
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, New School for Social Research, 1992
Master of Arts, Economics, New School for Social Research, 1985
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of California,
Los Angeles, 1980
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Assets and women’s well-being, gender equality and public
finance, gender and international economic policy, population
and reproductive health.
TEACHING
ECON 661: Survey of Economic Development (Fall 2007)
ECON 396/696: Gender Perspectives on Economic Analysis (Spring
2008)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
The Feminist Economics of Trade
Edited by Irene Staveren, Diane Elson, Caren Grown, Nilufer Cagatay
This book brings together fourteen contributions from a variety
of economic perspectives to examine the interaction of international
trade and gender relations. It is concerned with both the impact
of trade on gender inequality and the impact of gender inequality
on trade.
Trading Women's Health and Rights
Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Health in Developing Economies
Edited by Caren Grown, Elissa Braunstein and Anju Malhotra
How do economic and trade policies shape public health? This book
adds a new dimension to this global debate, by synthesizing research
from various disciplines on how international trade liberalization
affects reproductive health and rights. http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/book.asp?bookdetail=4074
Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering women
Caren Grown, Geeta Rao Gupta, Aslihan Kes
There are many practical steps that can be taken to reduce inequalities
based on gender, which hinder the potential to reduce poverty
and achieve high levels of well-being in societies around the
world. Those detailed in Taking Action include strengthening opportunities,
increasing access, investing in infrastructure, guaranteeing rights,
eliminating inequality in employment, increasing women's representation
in government and reducing violence against girls and women.
Gender Impacts of Government Revenue Collection: The Case of
Taxation
Kathleen Barnett and Caren Grown
This book reviews the literature on the gender dimensions of taxation
and implications for tax policy, with special reference to developing
countries. It outlines some basic concepts of tax analysis and
provides a feminist critique of them, provides recommendations
to improve gender equity in tax policy and suggests areas for
future research.
Development, Crises, and Alternative Visions: Third World Women’s
Perspectives
Gita Sen and Caren Grown
More than half of the world’s farmers are women. They are
the majority of the poor, the uneducated and are the first to
suffer from drought and famine. Yet their subordination is reinforced
by well-meaning development policies that perpetuate social inequalities.
This book analyses three decades of policies towards Third World
women. Focusing on global economic and political crises –
debt, famine, militarization, fundamentalism – the authors
show how women’s moves to organize effective strategies
for basic survival are central to an understanding of the development
process.
Book Chapters
• “Gender and Development,” International Encyclopedia
of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition. (William Darity, editor).
MI: Thomson, 2007.
• “The Economics of Non-Governmental Organizations,”
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics: Second Edition. (Lawrence
Blume and Steven Durlauf, eds.), London: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007.“The
Pathways Between Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Health:
A Review of the Literature and Some Propositions for Research
and Action.” In Globalization, Gender and Health: Coming
to the 21st Century (editors: Ilona Kickbusch, Kari Hartwig and
Justin List). New York: Palgrave-MacMillan. November 2005.
• Caren Grown and Geeta Rao Gupta, “An Agenda for
Engendering: The Millennium Task Force on Education and Gender
Equity.” Seeking Accountability on Women’s Human Rights:
Women Debate the Millennium Development Goals. New York, NY: Women’s
International Coalition for Economic Justice. 2004.
• Caren Grown and Radhika Balakrishnan, "Foundations
and Economics: Tensions and Opportunities," in Garnet, R.
(ed.), The Economics of Knowledge Production. London: Routledge,
1999.
• "Structural Adjustment, Demographic Change and Population
Policies: Some Preliminary Notes," in Bakker, I. The Strategic
Silence: Gender and Economic Policy. London: Zed Press, 1994.
Journal Articles
• Jessica Ogden, Simel Esim, and Caren Grown, “Expanding
the Care Continuum for HIV/AIDS: Bringing Carers into Focus,”
Health Policy and Planning. September 2006.
• Stephanie Seguino and Caren Grown, “Gender Equity
and Globalization: Macroeconomic Policy for Developing Countries,”
Journal of International Development. September 2006
• Caren Grown, “Trade Liberalization and Reproductive
Health: A Framework for Understanding the Linkages,” Development.
December 2005: Vol. 48, No. 4.
• Caren Grown, “Answering the Skeptics: Achieving
Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals,” Development.
September 2005: Vol. 48, No. 3.
• Caren Grown, Geeta Rao Gupta, and Rohini Pande, “Taking
Action to Improve Women’s Health Through Gender Equality
and Women’s Empowerment,” The Lancet. Feb. 5, 2005:
Vol. 365: 541-43.
• Caren Grown, “Gender and the MDGs,” ADB Review.
Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank. February 4, 2004.
• Mehrene Larudee and Caren Grown, “If I were Minister
of Finance: Gaining understanding of financial crisis through
a simulation workshop,” Gender and Development. 2003: Vol.
11, No. 1.
• Lourdes Beneria, Maria Floro, Caren Grown and Martha MacDonald
(eds.), Feminist Economics. Special Issue on Gender and Globalization,
Fall 2000.
• Lourdes Beneria, Maria Floro, Caren Grown, and Martha
MacDonald), “Globalization and Gender,” Feminist Economics.
Fall 2000.
• Caren Grown, Nilufer Cagatay and Diane Elson (eds.), World
Development. Special Issue on Growth, Trade, Finance, and Gender
Inequality. July 2000.
• Caren Grown, Nilufer Cagatay and Diane Elson, “Growth,
Trade, Finance, and Gender Inequality,” World Development.
July 2000.
• Nilufer Cagatay, Diane Elson, and Caren Grown (eds.),
World Development. Special Issue on Gender, Adjustment, and Macroeconomics.
November 1995.
• Nilufer Cagatay, Diane Elson, and Caren Grown, "Gender,
Adjustment, and Macroeconomics," World Development. November
1995.
• Caren Grown and Timothy Bates, "Commercial Bank Lending
and the Development of Black- and White-Owned Construction Businesses,"
Journal of Urban Affairs. November 1992.
• Caren Grown and Jennefer Sebstand, (eds.), World Development.
Special Issue on “Beyond Survival: Expanding Income Earning
Opportunities for Women in Developing Countries.” July 1989.
• Caren Grown and Jennefer Sebstad, "Toward a Wider
Perspective on Women's Employment," World Development. July
1989.
• Caren Grown, Nilufer Cagatay, and Aida Santiago, "The
Nairobi Women's Conference: Toward a Global Feminism?" Feminist
Studies. Summer 1986: Vol. 12, No. 2. Reprinted in L. Richardson
and V. Taylor, Feminist Frontiers II: Rethinking Sex, Gender,
and Society. New York: Random House, 1989.
Working Papers
• Elissa Braunstein, Caren Grown, and Diane Elson, “Gender,
Employment and State Taxes in the US,” May 2006.
• Caren Grown, Chandrika Bahadur, Jessie Handbury, and Diane
Elson, “The Financial Requirements of Achieving Gender Equality
and Women’s Empowerment,” World Bank Working Paper.
April 2006.
• “Quick Impact Initiatives for Gender Equality: A
Menu of Options,” World Bank Working Paper. April 2006.
• “What Gender Equality Advocates Should Know About
Taxation,” AWID Discussion Paper. Toronto: Association for
Women's Rights in Development. November 2005.
• Nata Duvvury and Caren Grown, “The Costs of Intimate
Partner Violence at the Household and Community Levels: An Operational
Framework for Development Countries.” Monograph. UNFPA.
New York. December 2004
• Anju Malhotra, Rohini Pande, Caren Grown, “Impact
Of Investments in Female Education on Gender Equality,”
Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2003.
• Caren Grown and Nancy Andrews, Small Business Development:
Romance or Reality. New York: The Ford Foundation, 1990.
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