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Poverty in Focus: Gender Equality

This issue of IPC’s journal Poverty in Focus presents a dozen articles summarising some of the most important recent research results and commentaries on the links between gender and poverty. Reducing gender inequality promises significant returns; empowering women by improving their living conditions and enabling them to actively participate in the social and economic life of a country may well be the key for long-term sustainable development.

Gender, Labour Markets and Poverty: An Overview                                                                     
   by Naila Kabeer, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex 

Poverty as a Gendered Experience:  The policy implications                                                  
   by Gita Sen, Indian Institute of Management

The Burden of Gender Inequalities for Society                                                                                
   by Joana Costa and Elydia Silva, International Poverty Centre

Gender, Institutions and Development:  Better data, better policies                               
   by Denis Drechsler, Johannes Jütting and Carina Lindberg,
   OECD Development Centre

Poverty, Employment and Globalisation: A gender perspective                                         
   by James Heintz, Political Economy Research Institute,
   University of Massachusetts Amherst

Gender Equality and Economic Growth—for poverty reduction                                         
   by Ruth Alsop and Paul Healey, Department for International Development, UK 

Gender Equality Is Good for the Poor                                                                                                     
   by Andrew Morrison, Dhushyanth Raju and Nistha Sinha, the World Bank

Reducing the Gender Gap in Education: The role of rural wage labour                            
   by John Sender, Development Studies, University of Cambridge

Empowering Women through Microfinance: Evidence from India                                     
   by Ranjula Bali Swain  and Fan Yang Wallentin, Uppsala University

Microfinance for Gender Equality: A dilemma?                                                                                
   by Irene KB Mutalima, Christian Enterprise Trust of Zambia

Is There Really a ‘Feminisation of Poverty’?                                                                                        
   by Marcelo Medeiros and Joana Costa, International Poverty Centre

Beyond incomes: A New Take on the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’                                            
   by Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics

This collection of articles should contribute to a better understanding of the importance of recognising the crucial role of gender inequalities as barriers to economic and social development, and thus of undertaking policy and institutional reforms that will more effectively reduce poverty and social injustice.





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