Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-302) and index.

Men's issues in development / Joyce P. Jacobsen -- Men's gender relations, identity, and work-family balance in Latin America / José Olavarría -- Men's participation as fathers in Latin America and the Caribbean: critical literature review and policy options / Gary Barker -- The role of men in families in the Caribbean: a historical perspective / Barry Chevannes -- Masculinity and violence in Colombia: deconstructing the conventional way of becoming a man / Fredy Hernán Gómez Alcaraz and Carlos Iván García Suárez -- Growing up poor and male in the Americas: reflections from research and practice with young men in low-income communities in Rio de Janeiro / Gary Barker -- Fearing Africa's young men: male youth, conflict, urbanization, and the case of Rwanda / Marc Sommers -- Young men and the construction of masculinity in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for HIV/AIDS, conflict, and violence / Gary Barker and Christine Ricardo -- Young men and gender in war and postwar reconstruction: some comparative findings from Liberia and Sierra Leone / Paul Richards -- Collapsing livelihoods and the crisis of masculinity in rural Kenya / Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo and Paul Francis -- Gender and its discontents: moving to men-streaming development / Maria C. Correia and Ian Bannon.