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Do you pride yourself on being a strong woman? Do you aspire to be one or support one? Do you consider yourself a feminist? Chances are that you behave in ways that are exactly the opposite, as this path breaking book argues. In this rigorously researched book, based on 600 detailed interviews with women and some men across India’s metros, social scientist Deepa Narayan identifies seven key habits that may dominate women’s everyday lives, despite ...
Poverty will not be reduced on a large scale without tapping into the energy, skills, and motivation of the millions of poor people around the world. The book offers a framework for empowerment that focuses on increasing poor people’s freedom of choice and action to shape their own lives. This approach requires three societal changes: a change in mindset, from viewing poor people as the problem to viewing them as essential partners in reducing poverty; a change ...
Poor people across the world have shown intelligence and competence in effectively utilizing resources provided to them if they have been able to connect these with their needs. They have built rural roads, monitored performance of government employees, repaid loans even in the face of national financial crisis, and outperformed others in profitability. The World Bank’s ‘Voices of the Poor’ study has shown that the poor are no different from others in ...