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 award-winning '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 di...