Empowerment and Poverty Reduction

Empowerment and Poverty Reduction
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 0821351664
ISBN-13 : 9780821351666
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Empowerment and Poverty Reduction by : Deepa Narayan-Parker

This publication offers a framework for the empowerment of people living in poverty throughout the world that concentrates on increasing people's freedom of choice and action to shape their own lives. Based on analysis of practical experiences, the book identifies four key elements to support empowerment: information, inclusion and participation, improved accountability and local organisational capacity. This framework is then applied to five areas of action to improve development effectiveness: provision of basic services, improved local governance, improved national governance, pro-poor market development, and access to justice and legal aid. It also offers twenty 'tools and practices' which concentrate on a wide-range of topics to support the empowerment of the poor.

Measuring Empowerment

Measuring Empowerment
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 9780821360576
ISBN-13 : 0821360574
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Measuring Empowerment by : Deepa Narayan-Parker

Large-scale poverty reduction depends on the effective empowerment of poor people themselves. This publication sets out a conceptual framework that can be used to monitor and evaluate empowerment programmes, based on papers written by practitioners and researchers in a wide variety of fields, including economics and political science, sociology and psychology, anthropology and demography. These papers draw on research and practical experience at different levels, from households to communities to nations and in various regions of the world.

Micro-Credit, Poverty and Empowerment

Micro-Credit, Poverty and Empowerment
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9780761933663
ISBN-13 : 0761933662
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Micro-Credit, Poverty and Empowerment by : Neera Burra

Two persistent problems that affect a significant portion of Indian women are poverty and violation of their human rights. In recent years, micro-credit has come to be viewed as a vital tool to ameliorate both conditions. However, there are few studies in the Indian context which test the validity of the assumption that there is a linear link between micro-credit, poverty reduction and women`s empowerment. This important and thought provoking volume brings together revealing case studies of micro-credit interventions made by six non-governmental and quasi-governmental bodies in five states of peninsular India, several of which have been supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The six case studies are diverse in terms of their socio-economic and geo-political contexts: the nature and ideological orientation of the intermediary organizations; the groups targeted by the projects (exclusively women or men and women); and the life-spans of the projects. Despite their differences, all the studies offer useful lessons on the institutional structures and processes that do or do not facilitate women`s empowerment and poverty reduction, while exploring the potential and limitations of micro-credit to achieve these twin goals.

Voices to Choices

Voices to Choices
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9781464813740
ISBN-13 : 1464813744
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Voices to Choices by : Jennifer L. Solotaroff

Women have experienced significant changes in various spheres of their lives during the last decades as Bangladesh made economic progress. Yet women’s economic engagement and empowerment are subdued, as they cannot make sufficient choices for themselves. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic developments in gender equality in Bangladesh. Through examining women’s participation in the labour force, ownership and control of household assets, use and control of financial assets, and opportunities for entrepreneurship, the authors have made concrete recommendations to overcome challenges that lie ahead for women’s economic empowerment. This book is an important contribution to the knowledge on interventions required by the policy makers and broader stakeholders towards narrowing gender gaps. --Fahmida Khatun, PhD, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh The women’s story is central to Bangladesh’s economic and social transformation. There is an urgent need to deepen researched understanding of the multidimensional pathways of women’s economic empowerment and extent of real progress made. Voices to Choices is an important contribution to this story. Surely, the journey of women’s economic empowerment remains a long and challenging one. Realizing the full benefits of new opportunities is often hampered by both new and entrenched insecurities. The task is as much one of empowering women’s agency as of dismantling barriers. The responsibility is as much women’s as society’s. --Hossain Zillur Rahman, PhD, Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) This book provides critical insights and is timely, as it outlines how girls and women in Bangladesh have gained more opportunities in labor force participation, control over household and financial assets, as well as greater prospects for entrepreneurship. The findings will greatly contribute to future policy and planning for government and key stakeholders working to advance women’s economic empowerment in the country. --Sabina Faiz Rashid, PhD, Dean and Professor, BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health BRAC University

Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth The Role of Empowerment

Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth The Role of Empowerment
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Publisher : OECD Publishing
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9789264168350
ISBN-13 : 9264168354
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth The Role of Empowerment by : OECD

Empowerment of those living in poverty is both a critical driver and an important measure of poverty reduction. This report aims to build donor understanding of empowerment and how best to support it.

Empowerment and Poverty Reduction

Empowerment and Poverty Reduction
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:50332574
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Empowerment and Poverty Reduction by : Deepa Narayan

Empowerment in Practice

Empowerment in Practice
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Publisher : World Bank Publications
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 9780821364512
ISBN-13 : 0821364510
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Empowerment in Practice by : Ruth Alsop

"This document offers an excellent explanation of the concept of empowerment and develops a very useful framework for disentangling and clarifying the concept. It is both practical and well justified on the basis of the literature. The approach and survey instruments developed to measure empowerment are innovative and very useful. Developing an approach to empirically measure empowerment, and to track empowerment indicators over time in a way that is operationally feasible and consistent with World Bank standards is certainly an outstanding achievement."Reginer Birner, Senior Researc.

Nigeria

Nigeria
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Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Total Pages : 101
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ISBN-10 : 9781451828993
ISBN-13 : 1451828993
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Nigeria by : International Monetary Fund

This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Nigeria highlights the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). NEEDS gives special support to agriculture, industry, small and medium-scale enterprises, and oil and gas. Under the plan, the government will seek long-term capital for investment. Trade policy will be modified to unburden business of the red tape and complex procedures that hinder it from flourishing. NEEDS envisages forging stronger links between educational institutions and industry to stimulate rapid industrial growth and efficient exploitation of resources.

Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth The Role of Empowerment

Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth The Role of Empowerment
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Publisher : OECD Publishing
Total Pages : 300
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9264168346
ISBN-13 : 9789264168343
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth The Role of Empowerment by : OECD

Empowerment of those living in poverty is both a critical driver and an important measure of poverty reduction. This report aims to build donor understanding of empowerment and how best to support it.