monetary poverty between 2005-2016 and 2015-2016. Chapter 3 presents a synthesis of gender and poverty dynamics in Kenya …Following ten years of relatively robust economic growth, Kenya achieved lower-middle-income country status in 2014 …. The remarkable expansion of telecommunications and mobile financial services shifted Kenya’s economic paradigm to an …

-level modeling techniques, this paper explores the macro-level determinants of the gender poverty gap in the ten post …-socialist European Union member states. In dialogue with the literature on the impact of economic development on gender inequality in … Asia and Latin America, we find that fast-paced, foreign capital led economic growth is associated with a larger gender …

, the results do not support the feminization of poverty hypothesis in Kenya. Factors that have bridged the gender poverty …Gender poverty differences in households are likely to affect female-headed households more than male-headed households …. This paper examined the evolution of the gender poverty rate gap and identified the factors that underlie differences in …

bureaucratic barriers facing women in Kenya through a gender lens. The report makes specific recommendations to address gender … of poverty reduction and economic growth, in line with Kenya's Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment …This report examines the legal, administrative, and regulatory barriers that are preventing women in Kenya from …

development in Kenya. Despite its importance and constitutional recognition, gender equity is an ideal that is yet to be realized …This paper critically examines the concept of gender equity and the role it can play in achievement of inclusive … development must address. If this is to be achieved effectively, then there is need for evaluating the role of gender equity in …

been relatively little empirical work at the household level on determinants of poverty in Africa generally and Kenya … specifically. In the few econometric studies that have been done for Kenya land has not been a significant determinant of poverty … poverty status in rural Kenya in addition to the standard theorized determinants. -- Poverty ; Rural ; Land ; Kenya ; Africa …

This paper analyzes the complex effects and risks of social protection programmes in Ghana and Kenya on poor people …

This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance … gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised …, inclusive tertiary education unconditionally promotes gender economic inclusion while the interaction between tertiary education …