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Naila Kabeer
Professor Naila Kabeer Naila Kabeer is a Professorial Fellow at IDS and is currently working part-time as a Senior Research Fellow at DFID. She has been active in developing frameworks and methodologies for integrating gender concerns into policy and planning.
She is a social economist working on the social and economic interactions between households, communities and the wider economy. Areas of specialisation include: poverty, social exclusion and gender in relation to labour markets and livelihood strategies in the context of globalisation. Her main areas of research have been in South and South east Asia. She has been active in developing frameworks and methodologies for integrating gender concerns into policy and planning and has substantial experience of training and advisory work with governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies and NGOs. Currently engaged in research on social protection strategies and struggles for citizenship among workers in the informal economy.
Recently Naila has been working with the UN Division for the Advancement for Women (DAW) as the lead author on 'The World Survey on Women and Development, 2009'.
Selected Projects and Recent Work
- Ethical Trading Initiative Impact Assessment
- Gender Equality and Extension of Social Protection
- Gender and Social Protection in the Informal Economy
- Gender and Employment in Global Production
Thematic Expertise
Microfinance; Gender; Livelihoods; Social Protection; Work and Labour.
Geographic Expertise
Central and South Asia; South East Asia.
Selected Publications »»
- Kabeer, N. Khan, A. and Adlparvar, N. (2012) 'Afghan Values or Women’s Rights? Gendered Narratives about Continuity and Change in Urban Afghanistan', IDS Working Paper 387, Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N. Mahmud, S. and Tasneem, S. (2011) 'Does Paid Work Provide a Pathway to Women's Empowerment? Empirical Findings from Bangladesh', IDS Working Paper 375, Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N. Mahmud, S. and Guillermo Isaza Castro, J (2011) 'NGOs’ Strategies and the Challenge of Development and Democracy in Bangladesh', IDS Research Report of IDS Working Paper 343, Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N., Cook, S., Chopra, D. and Ainsworth, P. (2010) 'Social protection in Asia: Research findings and policy lessons' , IDS
- Kabeer, N. (2010) 'Can the MDGs provide a pathway to social justice? The challenges of intersecting inequalities' , Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N., Mahmud, S. and Castro, J. (2010) 'NGOs' Strategies and the Challenge of Development and Democracy in Bangladesh', IDS Working Paper 343, Brighton: IDS
- Cook, S. and Kabeer, N. (2010) Social Protection as Development Policy: Asian Perspectives, New Delhi: Routledge
- Kabeer, N. and Cook, S. (2010) 'Barriers to the Extension of Social Protection: Evidence from Asia', IDS Bulletin 41.4, Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N. (2009) 'Social Protection in South Asia: A Review'
- Cook, S. and Kabeer, N. (2009) 'A Global Review of Social Protection' , Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N., Haq Kabir, A. and Yasmin Huq, T. (2009) 'Quantifying the Impact of Social Mobilisation in Rural Bangladesh: Donors, Civil Society and ‘The Road not Taken’', IDS Working Paper 333, Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N. with Haq Kabir, A. and Yasmin Huq, T. (2009) 'Quantifying the Impact of Social Mobilisation in Rural Bangladesh: Donors, Civil Society and ‘The Road not Taken’', IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 333, Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N. and Haq Kabir, A. (2009) 'Citizenship Narratives in the Absence of Good Governance: Voices of the Working Poor in Bangladesh', IDS Working Paper 331, Brighton: IDS
- Kabeer, N. and Haq Kabir, A. (2009) 'Citizenship Narratives in the Absence of Good Governance: Voices of the Working Poor in Bangladesh', Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 331, Brighton: IDS
- Eyben, R., Kabeer, N. and Cornwall, A. (2008) 'Conceptualising empowerment and the implications for pro poor growth'