Measuring Empowerment : Cross Disciplinary Perspectives

Poverty reduction on a large scale depends on empowering those who are most motivated to move out of poverty-poor people themselves. But if empowerment cannot be measured, it will not be taken seriously in development policy making and programming. Building on the "Empowerment and Poverty Reduction Sourcebook," this volume outlines a conceptual framework that can be used to monitor and evaluate programs centered on empowerment approaches. It presents the perspectives of 27 distinguished researchers and practitioners in economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and demography, all of whom are grappling in different ways with the challenge of measuring empowerment. The authors draw from their research and experiences at different levels, from households to communities to nations, in various regions of the world. Measuring Empowerment is a resource for all who are interested in approaches to poverty reduction that address issues of inequitable power relations.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Narayan, Deepa
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2005
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, ACCESS TO LAND, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCOUNTABILITY, AGRICULTURE, BASIC HEALTH, BASIC HEALTH CARE, BASIC SERVICES, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, CHILD LABOR, CITIZEN, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, CITIZEN VOICE, CITIZENS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNITY LEVEL, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT, CONFLICT, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS, DECISION MAKING, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC REFORMS, EMPOWERMENT, EQUITABLE ACCESS, ETHNIC CONFLICT, FARMER, FINANCIAL ASSETS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, FORESTS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT, HUMAN RIGHTS, INCOME, INEQUALITY, INFORMAL SECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS, INSURANCE, INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY, INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, LABOR MARKETS, LIVESTOCK, LOCAL GOVERNANCE, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, LOCAL LEVELS, MARKET ECONOMIES, MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT, MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NGO, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT, PERCEPTIONS INDEX, POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY, POLITICAL COMPETITION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL STRUCTURES, POOR, POOR COMMUNITIES, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR PEOPLE, POOR WOMEN, POVERTY, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, POWERLESSNESS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INFORMATION, PUBLIC POLICIES, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE, QUALITY OF LIFE, RISK, RULE OF LAW, RURAL, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL ROADS, SAFETY NET, SANITATION, SAVINGS, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SOCIAL GROUPS, SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, TRAINING PROGRAMS, TRANSPARENCY, UNEQUAL ACCESS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/6428774/measuring-empowerment-cross-disciplinary-perspectives https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7441
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