Mexican anti-poverty program targeting poor women may help men most, study finds
- Written by Nora Haenn, Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, North Carolina State University
Economic empowerment programs that target women may have an unintended effect: They help men instead.
A growing number of economic development programs worldwide provide cash specifically to women in poor communities. Giving women access to money empowers them, the theory goes.
And empowered women – especially mothers – can lift entire...
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