Commonwealth Secretariat/IDRC/CIDA 2003ISBN 1-55250-067-5240 pp.
In this book, Naila Kabeer brings together a diverse set of arguments, findings, and lessons from the development literature that help to explain why gender equality merits specific attention from policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders committed to the pursuit of pro-poor and human-centred development.
All over the world, women from poor households play a more critical role in income-earning and expenditure-saving activities that do women from better-off households, and these activities are concentrated in the informal economy. In the past decades, the relationship between household poverty and women’s paid activity has become stronger, partly in response to economic crises and the “push” into the labour market and partly in response to new opportunities generated by globalization. Improving women’s access to economic opportunities and enhancing returns on their efforts, therefore, will be central to the goal of poverty eradication and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
This book explores the issue of gender inequality through the lens of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the first one of halving world poverty by 2015.
THE AUTHOR
Naila Kabeer is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. She is a social economist and has been involved in teaching, research, and advisory work in the fields of gender, poverty, population, and social policy.
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All over the world, women from poor households play a more critical role in income-earning and expenditure-saving activities that do women from better-off households, and these activities are concentrated in the informal economy. In the past decades, the relationship between household poverty and women’s paid activity has become stronger, partly in response to economic crises and the “push” into the labour market and partly in response to new opportunities generated by globalization. Improving women’s access to economic opportunities and enhancing returns on their efforts, therefore, will be central to the goal of poverty eradication and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
This book explores the issue of gender inequality through the lens of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the first one of halving world poverty by 2015.
THE AUTHOR
Naila Kabeer is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. She is a social economist and has been involved in teaching, research, and advisory work in the fields of gender, poverty, population, and social policy.
FREE: Download e-book
Abbreviations 2003
Foreword 2003
Executive Summary 2003
1. Gender, Poverty and Development Policy 2003Introduction; A Brief History of Poverty Reduction Policies; Putting Gender on the Policy Agenda; Conclusion
2. Integrating Gender into Macroeconomic Analysis 2003Introduction; Gender Bias in Macroeconomic Analysis; Empirical Findings; Gender Equality and Economic Growth: Competing Hypotheses; Conclusion
3. The Geography of Gender Inequality 2003Introduction; Institutions and Gender Inequality; Regional Perspectives on Gender Inequality; Updating the Geography of Gender; Classifying Gender Constraints; Conclusion
4. Approaches to Poverty Analysis and its Gender Dimensions 2003Introduction; The Poverty Line Approach; The Capabilities Approach; Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs); Conclusion
5. Gender Inequality and Poverty Eradication: Promoting Household Livelihoods 2003Introduction; Gender Inequality and Household Poverty in South Asia; Gender Inequality and Household Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa; Links Between Gender Inequality and Income Poverty: The Wider Picture; Conclusion
6. Gender Equality and Human Development Outcomes: Enhancing Capabilities 2003Introduction; Gender Inequality and Human Development: The Equity Rationale; Gender Inequality and Family Well-being: The Instrumental Rationale; Conclusion
7. Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment 2003Introduction; Conceptualising Empowerment: Agency, Resources and Achievement; Access to Education and Women’s Empowerment; Access to Paid Work and Women’s Empowerment; Voice, Participation and Women’s Empowerment; Agency and Collective Action: Building Citizenship from the Grassroots; Conclusion
8. Institutionalising Gender Equity Goals in the Policy Process 2003Introduction; Gender Equality and Economic Growth: Synergy or Trade-off?; Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): A Gender Audit; Gender-responsive Budget (GRB) Analysis; Mainstreaming Gender in Policy-making Institutions; Mobilising around Gender Equity Goals: Building Active Citizenship; Conclusion
Bibliography 2003
Glossary 2003
Foreword 2003
Executive Summary 2003
1. Gender, Poverty and Development Policy 2003Introduction; A Brief History of Poverty Reduction Policies; Putting Gender on the Policy Agenda; Conclusion
2. Integrating Gender into Macroeconomic Analysis 2003Introduction; Gender Bias in Macroeconomic Analysis; Empirical Findings; Gender Equality and Economic Growth: Competing Hypotheses; Conclusion
3. The Geography of Gender Inequality 2003Introduction; Institutions and Gender Inequality; Regional Perspectives on Gender Inequality; Updating the Geography of Gender; Classifying Gender Constraints; Conclusion
4. Approaches to Poverty Analysis and its Gender Dimensions 2003Introduction; The Poverty Line Approach; The Capabilities Approach; Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs); Conclusion
5. Gender Inequality and Poverty Eradication: Promoting Household Livelihoods 2003Introduction; Gender Inequality and Household Poverty in South Asia; Gender Inequality and Household Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa; Links Between Gender Inequality and Income Poverty: The Wider Picture; Conclusion
6. Gender Equality and Human Development Outcomes: Enhancing Capabilities 2003Introduction; Gender Inequality and Human Development: The Equity Rationale; Gender Inequality and Family Well-being: The Instrumental Rationale; Conclusion
7. Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment 2003Introduction; Conceptualising Empowerment: Agency, Resources and Achievement; Access to Education and Women’s Empowerment; Access to Paid Work and Women’s Empowerment; Voice, Participation and Women’s Empowerment; Agency and Collective Action: Building Citizenship from the Grassroots; Conclusion
8. Institutionalising Gender Equity Goals in the Policy Process 2003Introduction; Gender Equality and Economic Growth: Synergy or Trade-off?; Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): A Gender Audit; Gender-responsive Budget (GRB) Analysis; Mainstreaming Gender in Policy-making Institutions; Mobilising around Gender Equity Goals: Building Active Citizenship; Conclusion
Bibliography 2003
Glossary 2003
