Introduction to Gender, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction

Moheyuddin, Ghulam (2005): Introduction to Gender, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction. Unpublished.

Abstract

This paper presents define and explain the concepts gender and gender equality, explains the relationship between the gender inequality and poverty, discusses the importance of the gender issues in the economic development and also discuss the importance of linking gender to Millennium Development Goals (MGDs). The paper describes that the both poverty and gender inequality are correlated, as poverty exacerbates the gender inequality while the gender inequality exacerbates the poverty and describes the importance of the gender issues in the economic development and MGDs.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Additional Information: This essay is submitted in the first session of the internet course on “Gender, Economic Development and Poverty reduction” arranged by the World Bank Institute (WBI). The Author (G. Moheyuddin) is the Research Scholar/Student PhD (Economics), GC University, Lahore – Pakistan. E-mail: [e-mail] , Personal URL: http://moheyuddin.tripod.com/
• Language: English
• Keywords: Gender; Gender and Development; Gender Inequality and Poverty; Gender Equity
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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