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Gender Inequalities in Primary Schooling: The Roles of Poverty and Adverse Cultural Practice

Published by: IDS

This paper suggests a simple model for the relationships between poverty, schooling and gender inequality. It argues that poverty - at both national and household levels - is associated with an under-enrolment of school-age children, but that the gendered outcomes of such under-enrolment are the product of cultural practice, rather than of poverty per se.

Financial Sector Reforms and Monetary Policy in Nigeria

Published by: IDS

This paper reviews the impact of financial liberalisation on monetary policy in Nigeria, examining in particular the progress made in...

Globalisation and Wage Inequalities, 1870-1970

Published by: IDS

This paper studies the impact of globalisation on wage inequality in eight now-developed countries during the century prior to 1970,...

Food for Work in Ethiopia: Challenging the Scope of Project Evaluations

Published by: IDS

Evaluations of the numerous Food-for-Work (FFW) projects in operation across Ethiopia are designed to assess their effectiveness, and...

How Can We Know What They Want? Understanding Local Perceptions and Ill-Being in Asia

Published by: IDS

Aid donors are increasingly focused on poverty eradication and influenced by the principle of participation. They would like more...

‘Money can’t buy me love?’: Re-evaluating the empowerment potential of loans to women in rural Bangladesh

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Credit programmes have become an increasingly important intervention for addressing poverty both in Bangladesh, and elsewhere, as a...

Community Based Sustainable Development: Consensus or Conflict?

Published by: IDS

Community-based sustainable development' has become a central approach to rural development and natural resource management. But this emerging consensus tends to overlook both ecological variability, and the potential for conflict within local communities

Tactics and Trade-offs: Revisiting the Links Between Gender and Poverty

Published by: IDS

This IDS Bulletin brings together a range of contributions analysing the interaction between gender and poverty from different disciplinary perspectives.

Urban Poverty: A New Research Agenda

Published by: IDS

The developing world is urbanising fast, and urban poverty is on the increase. By 2025, it is estimated that 57% of the population in less developed countries will be living in urban areas.

Approaches to Institutionalising Gender

Published by: IDS