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 …

inclusive poverty reduction programs can contribute to empowering women and addressing persistent gender gaps. Yet, until now … challenges, including extreme poverty and lack of access to basic services and productive assets, but many of the risks they face …, such as gender–based violence (GBV), are heightened during times of conflict. The implementation of well–designed and …