The Gender and Poverty Nexus: Issues and Policies
Quibria, M.G. | November 1993
Abstract
Despite impressive growth in Asian developing economies in the last two decades, the vast majority of the world's poor live in this region. According to one estimate, about 750 million - 800 million poor inhabit this region. Given the magnitude of the problem, poverty alleviation has become almost synonymous with economic development for most poorer Asian economies. While efforts are being made to alleviate poverty, it is being increasingly argued that, as there is a gender dimension to the poverty problem, these efforts should be gender focused.
This paper critically reviews the existing theoretical and empirical literature on the gender and poverty nexus. The data and the empirical studies reviewed in this paper are drawn essentially, but not exclusively, from Asian developing countries. On the basis of this review, the paper examines the conceptual basis for a gender-focused approach to poverty alleviation and the types of programs and policies required to achieve this objective. It appears that there are two lines of arguments being advanced for this gender focus.
Citation
Quibria, M.G.. 1993. The Gender and Poverty Nexus: Issues and Policies. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3070. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.ISSN
0116-273x
Keywords
Gender Discrimination
Gender Equality
Gender Inequality
Alleviating Poverty
Anti-Poverty
Extreme Poverty
Fight Against Poverty
Global Poverty
Health Aspects Of Poverty
Indicators Of Poverty
Participatory Poverty Assessment
Poverty Eradication
Poverty Analysis
Poverty In Developing Countries
Poverty Reduction Efforts
Urban Poverty
Comparative Analysis
Social Research
Sex Discrimination
Employment Discrimination
Women's Rights
Equal Opportunity
Equal Pay
Feminism
Men's Role
Women's Role
Development Indicators
Environmental Indicators
Economic Indicators
Educational Indicators
Demographic Indicators
Health Indicators
Disadvantaged Groups
Low Income Groups
Socially Disadvantaged Children
Rural Conditions
Rural Development
Social Conditions
Gender-based analysis
Pay equity
Sexism
Equal rights amendment|Equal rights
Poor
Economic forecasting
Health expectancy
Social groups
Political participation
Distribution of income
Inequality of income
Developing countries
Rural community development
Mass society
Social change
Social policy
Social stability
Population
Sustainable development
Peasantry
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