A deficit in the theorisation of psychological elements of agency and empowerment in development literature exists. To …

This study investigates whether mother’s empowerment measured by her education attainment relative to father … regression results show strong associations between women’s empowerment and better nutritional status of children in the long run …

Does microfinance support the empowerment of female borrowers? Results of studies analyzing microfinance and … empowerment delivered mixed results. In order to explore whether microfinance influences empowerment, the paper compares women in … higher loan cycles of a Pakistani microfinance institution with those in the first loan cycle regarding their empowerment …

The study explores empowerment and well-being related outcomes of Farmer Field Schools (FFS), an extension approach … empirical relationships between FFS participation and increased well-being; as well as FFS participation and empowerment; and … finally between empowerment and enhanced well-being. Data analysis from the two thousand household questionnaires show a …

Women’s empowerment is a dynamic process that has been quantified, measured, and described in a variety of ways. We … measure empowerment in a sample of 3,500 rural women in 128 villages of Bangladesh with five indicators. A conceptual …

of both household and community characteristics. The significantly positive impact on female empowerment in simple mean …

We argue that women’s empowerment is an ongoing, incremental, and relational process that occurs across scales and … pathways. Using a contextualized mixed methods approach, we measure empowerment processes unfolding across Maasai villages in …. This highlights the transformative potential for change and the links across empowerment pathways. …

Although empowerment is intrinsically important and instrumentally valuable to escape poverty, there is little research … empowerment at both communal and individual levels. Self-reported capabilities and communal empowerment strongly affect … people report higher individual empowerment. …

Microcredit for women is a commonly used strategy for women empowerment. Based on longitudinal qualitative research … with rural women who are involved in an NGO-run micro-lending program in Ghana, this paper examines the empowerment effects …