Getting Unpaid Care onto Development Agendas

This policy briefing from Rosalind Eyben explains why care continues to be neglected in development policy and programming. It recommends the employment of three power tools to achieve a strategic succession of small wins with respect to naming, framing, claiming and programming care.

There is a large and robust literature on the quantity and importance of unpaid care work. Members of the IAFFE (International Association for Feminist Economics) have produced a substantial, highly credible body of evidence to the highest of standards. But although the evidence is abundant care continues to be neglected in development policy and programming. This briefing explains why and recommends the use of three power tools to policy practitioners and activists who are seeking to get care onto development agendas.

Getting Unpaid Care onto Development Agendas IDS In Focus Policy Briefing