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 …

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 …

to starting and running businesses than do their male counterparts. Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya examines the …