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    Does female empowerment promote economic development?

    World Bank, 2011
    Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? The authors develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models to understand what kind of frictions can give rise to the observed empirical relationships.
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    Women's economic empowerment: issues paper

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011
    Economic empowerment is the capacity of women and men to participate in, contribute to and benefit from growth processes in ways which recognise the value of their contributions, respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate a fairer distribution of the benefits of growth.
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    SADC gender protocol 2011 barometer

    Gender Links, Johannesburg, 2012
    The third Southern Africa Gender Protocol Barometer moves into high gear with the introduction of the SADC Gender and Development Index (SGDI) that complements the Citizen Score Card (CSC) that has been running for three years.
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    Making markets empower the poor: programme perspectives on using markets to empower women and men living in poverty

    Oxfam, 2011
    Market-based development programmes can help people living in poverty benefit from markets and lift themselves out of poverty. However, many such approaches do not pay attention to power imbalances that perpetuate marginalisation and poverty. To reach their fullest potential, market-based programmes should actively strengthen the power of marginalised smallholders and women.
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    Ethiopia's sesame sector: the contribution of different farming models to poverty alleviation, climate resilience and women's empowerment

    Make Trade Fair Campaign, Oxfam International, 2011
    Oxfam commissioned this research to assess the contribution of different agricultural business models to poverty alleviation, livelihood security, climate resilience, and empowerment of women in the sesame sector in Metekel and Assosa in Benishangul Gumuz, Ethiopia....
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    Asian Women Workers Newsletter vol. 35: women workers at the frontline of sustainable solutions

    Committee for Asian Women, 2010
    This newsletter reports on the issues, news, struggles and life experiences of Asian women workers.
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    Gender Action Link: gender, IFIs and transparency

    Gender Action, 2011
    International Financial Institutions (IFIs) that primarily loan funds to least developed countries have also committed to fight poverty through providing resources, knowledge and capacity building to achieve sustainable development results.
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    Grassroots speakout on UN Women: outcome document

    Huairou Commission, 2011
    On March 2nd, grassroots women leaders from around the world voiced their key recommendations and experiences to Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Michelle Bachelet, and other representatives of UN Women and governments. A supportive audience of leaders of the global women’s movement and gender advocates filled the room beyond capacity.
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    Telling our story: women and business - drivers of development

    International Finance Corporation, 2011
    Telling Our Story: Women and Business focuses on how IFC is working with strategic partners to identify innovative approaches to promote women in business and helping create opportunities to transform local and global markets. The Telling Our Story series puts a human face on IFC's work, featuring short profiles of leading projects and the people whose lives they improve.
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    Economica

    International Museum of Women, 2011
    “Every woman participates in the economy, but we all have different stories to tell.” This online exhibition by the International Museum of Women (IMOW) portrays the ways in which the globalised economy and current financial crises affect the lives of women.

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