Combating Poverty at the Source: Providing Earning Power to Poor Women An Exploratory Note

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Muyanja-Ssenyonga Jameaba

Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) - Master Program in Public Policy and Administration

Date Written: March 8, 2008

Abstract

The article ventures into the women-poverty nexus , underscoring the importance of giving women earning power as a means to cut the vicious cycle of poverty that destines them to the status of perpetual subordination living on the periphery of the society. Facilitating and supporting micro and small scale enterprises run by women is suggested as an important means of giving women that earning power. However, to be effective, such enterprises should deal in farm and off farm activities in sectors such as agriculture, trade, energy saving and ecologically safe activities, with the strongest potential multiplier effect on regional economies and with the likelihood of benefiting from funding for REDD activities by global environment facility, under Kyoto Climate change mitigation, adaptation and technology transfer arrangements. It s argued further that empowering women, must be done within the framework of rural development strategy within locally acceptable, and therefore understood institutions, with modifications where necessary, involving not only women but their male counterparts, who have vital influence on community resources, customs, and leadership. That way, poverty alleviation measures will have a high likelihood to succeed, where many have registered outright failures

Keywords: Empowerment, Poverty, Credit Policy

JEL Classification: G21, G23, O16

Suggested Citation

Jameaba, Muyanja, Combating Poverty at the Source: Providing Earning Power to Poor Women An Exploratory Note (March 8, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2089678 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2089678

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