Measuring Empowerment In Practice

Author : Ruth Alsop,Nina Heinsohn
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Measuring Empowerment in Practice by Ruth Alsop,Nina Heinsohn Pdf

"Alsop and Heinsohn present an analytic framework that can be used to measure and monitor empowerment processes and outcomes. The measuring empowerment framework, rooted in both conceptual discourse and measurement practice, illustrates how to gather data on empowerment and structure its analysis. The framework can be used to measure empowerment at both the intervention level and the country level, as a part of poverty or governance monitoring. The authors first provide a definition of empowerment and then explain how the concept can be reduced to measurable components. Empowerment is defined as a person's capacity to make effective choices--that is, the capacity to transform choices into desired actions and outcomes. The extent or degree to which a person is empowered is influenced by personal agency (the capacity to make purposive choice) and opportunity structure (the institutional context in which choice is made). Asset endowments are used as indicators of agency. These assets may be psychological, informational, organizational, material, social, financial, or human. Opportunity structure is measured by the presence and operation of formal and informal institutions, including the laws, regulatory frameworks, and norms governing behavior. Degrees of empowerment are measured by the existence of choice, the use of choice, and the achievement of choice. Following the conceptual discussion and the presentation of the analytic framework, the authors show how the measuring empowerment framework can be applied using examples from four development interventions. Each example discusses how the framework guided analysis and development of empowerment indicators. They also present a draft module for measuring empowerment at the country level. The module can be used alone or be integrated into country-level poverty or governance monitoring systems that seek to add an empowerment dimension to their analysis. This paper--a product of the Poverty Reduction Group, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to conceptualize, operationalize, and measure empowerment"--Abstract.

Author : Ruth Alsop,Mette Frost Bertelsen,Jeremy Holland
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821364512

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Empowerment in Practice by Ruth Alsop,Mette Frost Bertelsen,Jeremy Holland Pdf

"This document offers an excellent explanation of the concept of empowerment and develops a very useful framework for disentangling and clarifying the concept. It is both practical and well justified on the basis of the literature. The approach and survey instruments developed to measure empowerment are innovative and very useful. Developing an approach to empirically measure empowerment, and to track empowerment indicators over time in a way that is operationally feasible and consistent with World Bank standards is certainly an outstanding achievement."Reginer Birner, Senior Researc.

Author : Deepa Narayan-Parker
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821360576

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Measuring Empowerment by Deepa Narayan-Parker Pdf

Large-scale poverty reduction depends on the effective empowerment of poor people themselves. This publication sets out a conceptual framework that can be used to monitor and evaluate empowerment programmes, based on papers written by practitioners and researchers in a wide variety of fields, including economics and political science, sociology and psychology, anthropology and demography. These papers draw on research and practical experience at different levels, from households to communities to nations and in various regions of the world.

Author : Centers of Disease Control
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789289053600

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What Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Have Been Developed to Measure Community Empowerment at a National Level? by Centers of Disease Control Pdf

Community empowerment has been frequently studied at subnational levels but it is less clear how to measure it at a national level. Mixed methods approaches would be advantageous using quantitative data from databases plus qualitative information to derive a range of variables and indicators. This report identifies assessment methods that have been used and evidence for integrating qualitative and quantitative data for national assessments. When resources are limited or there is no current practice of measurement of community empowerment the simplest approach is to combine a selection of quantitative variables and indicators available in statistical databases. When resources can be allocated a more systematic approach would supplement such accessible data with some form of rapid qualitative assessment. Ideally a formal national monitoring and evaluation system would be instituted that collects all the relevant quantitative and qualitative data and combines these into a regularly updated assessment.

Author : N. Kakwani,J. Silber
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230592407

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Many Dimensions of Poverty by N. Kakwani,J. Silber Pdf

With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies.

Author : Daniel C. Taylor,Carl E. Taylor,Jesse O. Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199842971

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Empowerment on an Unstable Planet by Daniel C. Taylor,Carl E. Taylor,Jesse O. Taylor Pdf

Since World War II, development projects have invested more than two trillion dollars towards health services, poverty alleviation, education, food security, and environmental initiatives around the world. Despite these efforts, 20% of the world still lives on less than $1.50 a day and the environment within which all live declines dramatically. There are clear limits to what further investments at this rate can achieve. This book advances the thesis that a more effective and universal foundation for social change and environmental restoration is not money, but human energy. Using this approach Tibet recovered from being nearly deforested to having over 40% of its land area protected under conservation management. Using principles outlined in this book mothers in northeast India implemented a package of life-changing actions that halved child mortality. They parallel the way New York City has created a citywide conservation program over three-and-a-half centuries. Each of these examples is particular to its time and place, yet a shared set of principles is at work in all of them. Improving the quality of life for a community starts by strengthening successes already operating. It involves local knowledge and a relatively simple set of principles, tasks, and criteria designed to empower communities. This highly readable account demonstrates how a comprehensive process for social change harnesses the energy of a community and scales it up with a rising number of participants becoming invested in increasingly high-quality work. Richly illustrated with photographs and stories of innovative people and programs in communities ranging from Nepal to Afghanistan to the South Bronx, it provides practical, proven guidelines for creating profound and sustained social change that begins in individual communities and grows to scale.

Author : Shajeda Aktar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000422368

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Empowering Women in Bangladesh by Shajeda Aktar Pdf

This book investigates the deep linkages between gender and grassroots politics. It studies how women candidates in Bangladesh are elected in reserved seats in the local government bodies and explores the challenges that they face both from within the domestic unit and from the government administration. The book focuses on grassroots-level governance and provides a comparative study between selected rural and urban local government institutions in different socio-economic, educational, and cultural contexts. It documents loopholes in the system of quota seats for women, allocation of electoral constituency, and elected representatives’ rights and responsibilities. It also studies the life-changing impact of women at different levels of governance and society and offers important policy implications for furthering their participation and empowerment. A major intervention in the study of Bangladesh and its politics, this key text will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science, public administration, gender studies, public policy, and South Asian studies.

Author : Kuruvilla, Moly,George, Irene
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781799828211

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Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment by Kuruvilla, Moly,George, Irene Pdf

Globally, women are facing social, economic, and cultural barriers impeding their autonomy and agency. Accelerated women empowerment programs often fail to attain their targets as envisaged by the policymakers due to a variety of reasons, with the most prominent being the deep-rooted cultural norms ingrained within society. In the era of globalization, empowerment of women demands new approaches and strategies that encourage the mainstreaming of gender equality as a societal norm. The Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment is a critical scholarly publication that examines global gender issues and new strategies for the promotion of women empowerment and gender mainstreaming in various spheres of women’s lives, including education and ICT, economic participation, health and sexuality, mental health, aging, law and judiciary, leadership, and decision making. It provides a comprehensive coverage of all major gender issues with novel ideas on gender mainstreaming being contributed by men and women authors from multidisciplinary backgrounds. Gender perspective and intersectional approach in the discourses make this handbook a unique contribution to the scholarship of social sciences and humanities. The book provides new theoretical inputs and practical directions to academicians, sociologists, social workers, psychologists, managers, lawyers, policy makers, and government officials in their efforts at gender mainstreaming. With a wide range of conceptual richness, this handbook is an excellent reference guide to students and researchers in programs pertaining to gender/women's studies, cultural studies, economics, sociology, social work, medicine, law, and management.

Author : Dr G vani, Dr B Nagarjuna, Md KhwajaMoinoddin, Dr Bindu K Nambiar
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-05
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789388805957

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Business Management Practices Emerging Trends by Dr G vani, Dr B Nagarjuna, Md KhwajaMoinoddin, Dr Bindu K Nambiar Pdf

Author : Priscilla McCutcheon,Latrica E. Best,Theresa Ann Rajack-Talley
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9798890860347

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Beyond the Kitchen Table by Priscilla McCutcheon,Latrica E. Best,Theresa Ann Rajack-Talley Pdf

Over the last decade, there has been an increasing amount of scholarship focused on race and food inequity. Much of this research is focused on the United States and its densely populated urban centers. Looking deeply into Black women's roles—economically, environmentally, and socially—in food and agriculture systems in the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States, the contributors address the ways Black women, both now and in the past, have used food as a part of community building and sustenance. They also examine matrilineal food-based education; the importance of Black women's social, cultural, and familial networks in addressing nutrition and food insecurity; the ways gender intersects with class and race globally when thinking about food; and how women-led science and technology initiatives can be used to create healthier and more just food systems. Contributors include Agnes Atia Apusigah, Neela Badrie, Kenia-Rosa Campo, Dara Cooper, Kelsey Emard, Claudia J. Ford, Hanna Garth, Shelene Gomes, Veronica Gordon, Wendy-Ann Isaac, Lydia Kwoyiga, Gloria Sanders McCutcheon, Eveline M. F. W. Sawadogo/Compaore, Ashante M. Reese, Sakiko Shiratori, shakara tyler, and Marquitta Webb.

Author : Salleh Mohd Radzi,Mohd Hafiz Mohd Hanafiah,Norzuwana Sumarjan,Zurinawati Mohi,Didi Sukyadi,Karim Suryadi,Pupung Purnawarman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315386973

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Heritage, Culture and Society by Salleh Mohd Radzi,Mohd Hafiz Mohd Hanafiah,Norzuwana Sumarjan,Zurinawati Mohi,Didi Sukyadi,Karim Suryadi,Pupung Purnawarman Pdf

Heritage, Culture and Society contains the papers presented at the 3rd International Hospitality and Tourism Conference (IHTC2016) & 2nd International Seminar on Tourism (ISOT 2016), Bandung, Indonesia, 10—12 October 2016). The book covers 7 themes: i) Hospitality and tourism management ii) Hospitality and tourism marketing iii) Current trends in hospitality and tourism management iv) Technology and innovation in hospitality and tourism v) Sustainable tourism vi) Gastronomy, foodservice and food safety, and vii) Relevant areas in hospitality and tourism Heritage, Culture and Society is a significant contribution to the literature on Hospitality and Tourism, and will be of interest to professionals and academia in both areas.

Author : Ted Baker,Friederike Welter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136218620

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The Routledge Companion to Entrepreneurship by Ted Baker,Friederike Welter Pdf

Research in entrepreneurship has been booming, with perspectives from a range of disciplines and numerous developing schools of thought. It can be difficult for young scholars and even long-time researchers to find their way through the lush garden of ideas we see before us. The purpose of this book is to map the research terrain of entrepreneurship, providing the perfect starting point for new and existing researchers looking to explore. Topics covered range from emerging perspective, through issues at the core of the field to innovative methodologies. Starting off with a preface by Bill Gartner, each section of the book brings together a world class set of established leading researchers and rising stars. This considered, comprehensive and conclusive companion integrates the recent debates in entrepreneurship research under one cover, to provide a resource which will be useful across disciplinary boundaries and for a whole range of students and researchers.

Author : Sruthi S,Crispin J Fernandez,Dr. G. Vani,Dr. K. Sanjeeva Rao,Dr. M. Abirami,Kasireddy Sandeep Reddy
Publisher : RED'SHINE Publication. Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-05
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789394727366

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RECENT ADVANCES IN COMMERCE & MANAGEMENT, VOLUME-4 by Sruthi S,Crispin J Fernandez,Dr. G. Vani,Dr. K. Sanjeeva Rao,Dr. M. Abirami,Kasireddy Sandeep Reddy Pdf

Author : Luke Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317516637

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Language, Corpus and Empowerment by Luke Collins Pdf

Language, Corpus and Empowerment applies a novel corpus-driven approach to the exploration of the concept of empowerment in healthcare. The book proposes an innovative corpus-based methodology for finding evidence of empowerment in language use, using data from a video intervention delivered to families of deaf children, as well as assessing the effects of the intervention on the family. Language, Corpus and Empowerment provides a working definition of empowerment which incorporates concepts from linguistics and learning theory; uses corpus analysis to provide evidence of how video interventions can transform people’s perspectives; examines this new methodology as a potential tool for analysing conversational data longitudinally and at a case-by-case level; demonstrates how a corpus-based methodological approach can be applied in conjunction with other language-based approaches, such as discourse analysis and conversation analysis, to explore the ways in which complex social processes occur in interaction; makes a valuable development in the assessment of the impact of healthcare interventions and the language of empowerment. Insightful and ground-breaking, Language, Corpus and Empowerment is essential reading for anyone undertaking research within corpus linguistics.

Author : Petter Nielsen,Honest Christopher Kimaro
Publisher : Springer
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030191153

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Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D by Petter Nielsen,Honest Christopher Kimaro Pdf

The two volumes IFIP AICT 551 and 552 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in May 2019. The 97 revised full papers and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 185 submissions. The papers present a wide range of perspectives and disciplines including (but not limited to) public administration, entrepreneurship, business administration, information technology for development, information management systems, organization studies, philosophy, and management. They are organized in the following topical sections: communities, ICT-enabled networks, and development; digital platforms for development; ICT for displaced population and refugees. How it helps? How it hurts?; ICT4D for the indigenous, by the indigenous and of the indigenous; local technical papers; pushing the boundaries - new research methods, theory and philosophy in ICT4D; southern-driven human-computer interaction; sustainable ICT, informatics, education and learning in a turbulent world - "doing the safari way”.