Author: Naila Kabeer

‘Women’s empowerment, development interventions and the management of information flows’ IDS Bulletin Vol. 41 (6): 105-113

This article takes gender inequalities in the distribution of power as its point of departure. Given the widespread evidence of the extent to which women, particularly poor women, have been marginalised in processes by...

‘Social protection in Asia: research findings and policy lessons’ IDS Report (with S. Cook, D. Chopra and P. Ainsworth)

This publication reports on research carried out in six Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and China. It covers a variety of schemes and interventions in these countries, including disaster management lessons from...

‘Changing the “habits of the heart”: NGOs and the struggle for democratic values in Bangladesh’ Mobilising for democracy: citizen action and the politics of public participation

Mobilizing for Democracy is an in-depth study into how ordinary citizens and their organizations mobilize to deepen democracy. Featuring a collection of new empirical case studies from Angola, Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Nigeria and...

“Microfinance and social mobilization: alternative pathways to grassroots democracy?” – Mobilising for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation

This chapter discusses civil society, grassroots democracy and service delivery from the perspective of the NGO sector in Bangladesh. Owing to copyright restrictions, only the first 3 pages are attached, together with a link...

Gender and social protection in the informal economy: lessons from experience

Ninth Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting “Gender Issues in Economic Crisis, Recovery and Beyond: Women as Agents of Transformation” Bridgetown, Barbados, 7-9 June 2010.  Session IV: Ministerial Roundtable WAMM(10)(RT2)1(a) GENDER & SOCIAL PROTECTION: LESSONS...

‘Beyond risk management: vulnerability, social protection and citizenship in Pakistan’ Journal of International Development Vol. 22 (1): 1-19

The paper below highlights rights-based approaches to social protection. According to this conceptualisation, all people have the right to a minimum income due to their citizenship rights, and access to enough resources to allow...