Empowering women at home and beyond: applying Japanese experiences for poverty alleviation

Mine Sato

Development in Practice, 2014, vol. 24, issue 7, 840-853

Abstract: The problem of poverty pockets in middle income countries has been identified as a major constraint for realising the Millennium Development Goals. There is an international need to develop programmes that alleviate poverty of identified populations without incurring their dependency on external aid. Aiming at developing such a programme, this article introduces the Japanese post-war Life Improvement Program and analyses the potential of its application to contemporary developing countries for poverty alleviation in a self-sufficient manner, intending to empower women. Issues such as gender relations, evaluating impacts, and linking practices to larger programmes and policies are also discussed.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.952273

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