Empowerment of those living in poverty is both a critical driver and an important measure of poverty reduction. It is … economic empowerment combined with political and social empowerment will make growth much more effective in reducing poverty … poverty reduction needs poor people to be both the agents and beneficiaries of economic growth - to directly participate in …

Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, on top of promoting economic growth, addresses …

the bank also had an impact on economic or social measures of poverty, including empowerment of poor women, or income …Is it possible for microfinance institutions to simultaneously pursue profits and poverty reduction? This study … generating activities run by those households. The poorest of the poor - those subsisting on less than half the official poverty …

efforts of Bangladesh where a large number of people live below the poverty line. Research limitations/implication - The paper … out the implications of microfinance as an effective tool for development and poverty alleviation Originality/value -The …

poverty. We also show that the household formation response draws some of the unemployed away from employment opportunities …

members pulls many households supporting them into poverty. We also show that the household formation responses draw some …