Abstract Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG) on gender equality and women's rights
and at least 11 of the 17 SDGs require indicators related to gender dynamics. Despite the …

Smallholder livestock ownership has potential to enhance food security by raising incomes
of the poor and by increasing the availability of nutrient-dense foods. This paper exploits the …

Many development interventions target transfers to women. However, little evidence directly
explores the “flypaper effects” of whether women retain control over these transfers once …

Reaching the poorest is an important objective in many development interventions, and
microfinance is no exception. We review performance indicators for effectiveness of …

Growing evidence shows that the distribution of individuals' ownership and control of assets
within a household can have important implications for women's empowerment and …

We investigate the impact of microfinance providers on economic, family and social, and
political empowerment. Data were collected in two phases from 300 microfinance …

Microfinancing is widely perceived to contribute towards social innovation for poverty
reduction. We examined the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR) …

Livestock are an important component of rural households and gendered livelihood
practices throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Widespread within the development literature is …

BRAC launched its Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor
(CFPR-TUP) program in 2002 to address ultrapoverty in Bangladesh using an asset transfer …

In recent years, Bangladesh's economy has grown strongly and the country has made good
progress in reducing poverty. While the national poverty rate was 49 percent in 2000, it had …