Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- 1 Men's Issues in Development -- 2 Men's Gender Relations, Identity, and Work-Family Balance in Latin America -- 3 Men's Participation as Fathers in Latin America and the Caribbean: Critical Literature Review and Policy Options -- 4 The Role of Men in Families in the Caribbean: A Historical Perspective -- 5 Masculinity and Violence in Colombia: Deconstructing the Conventional Way of Becoming a Man -- 6 Growing up Poor and Male in the Americas: Reflections from Research and Practice with Young Men in Low-Income Communities i -- 7 Fearing Africa's Young Men: Male Youth, Conflict, Urbanization, and the Case of Rwanda -- 8 Young Men and the Construction of Masculinity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for HIV/AIDS, Conflict, and Violence -- 9 Young Men and Gender in War and Postwar Reconstruction: Some Comparative Findings from Liberia and Sierra Leone -- 10 Collapsing Livelihoods and the Crisis of Masculinity in Rural Kenya -- 11 Gender and Its Discontents: Moving to Men-Streaming Development -- Bibliography -- Index -- Box -- 10.1 Family Conflict -- 10.2 Case on Male Dominance -- Tables -- 1.1 Male and Female Life Expectancy: Selected Countries, 2003 -- 1.2 Infant Mortality Rates, Male and Female, 2002 -- 1.3 Male and Female Disability-Adjusted Life Expectancy at Birth, 2002 -- 1.4 Percentage of Grade 1 Students Reaching Grade 5, Male and Female, 2001/02 -- 1.5 Female Labor Force Participation Rate, 1980-2003 -- 10.1 Study Sites in Six Districts -- 10.2 Economic Activities in Manyatta Demo -- 10.3 Marital Violence -- 10.4 Reports of Depression by District -- 10.5 Causes of Depression by District -- 10.6 Causes of Intergenerational Violence.