improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made the level of hunger in the world remains â …, and social status of women continue to contribute to the high prevalence of underweight in children under five. …

This paper examines the benefits that accrue to households by financial empowerment of women, but also laments the need … for more radical approaches to counter what might seem like inertia to fully engage women empowerment in micro finance. …

Although a lot of scholarly attention has gone into issues concerning women for more than three decades, little work … look into the interests of women as discriminated, marginalized and oppressed sections of society. While the Indian State …, modifications, and renewal in these structures and formations from time to time have been influenced by the struggles of women and …

There has been much debate about how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness, as one aspect … structural modelling of the impacts of specific trade reforms. Case studies are presented for China and Morocco. Both the macro … and micro approaches cast doubt on some widely heard generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate …

This is a ready reference for organizations, youth policy practitioners and young people to the World Programme of …