Determinants of Empowerment in a Capability Based Poverty Approach: Evidence from The Gambia

Sofia Trommlerová, Stephan Klasen and Ortrud Leßmann

No 147, Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers from Courant Research Centre PEG

Abstract: Although empowerment is seen as intrinsically important and instrumentally valuable to escape poverty, there is very little research on the empirical drivers of empowerment. Using custom-made household-level information and using advanced econometric techniques that also correct for endogeneity, we examine what empowers individuals in The Gambia to change their own lives and affect changes in their communities. We show that people’s self-reported capabilities are the most important drivers of empowerment. We also show that respondents’ confidence that they will be the most powerful agents in their lives is higher for men, foreigners, people free of health limitations, and younger people.

Keywords: empowerment; agency; capability approach; The Gambia; correction for endogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I32 O15 Z13 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-09-02
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Journal Article: Determinants of Empowerment in a Capability-Based Poverty Approach: Evidence from The Gambia (2015)
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