Publication: Moving from Traditional to
Transformational Approaches to Women’s Economic Empowerment
- A Review of the KDRDIP Program
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2023-09-01
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This paper aims to answer two important questions: how traditional CDD livelihood projects can adjust or adopt practices to strengthen women’s economic empowerment outcomes, and how government and other development actors can employ an ecosystem approach to develop coordinated and sustainable local economic development on a larger scale. To answer these questions, the paper draws on a mixed-methods study of the Kenya Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (KDRDIP), a traditional CDD livelihood program, along with an analysis of other WEE programs in the region and worldwide. The paper offers useful recommendations and insights for practitioners and policymakers.
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“World Bank. 2023. Moving from Traditional to
Transformational Approaches to Women’s Economic Empowerment
- A Review of the KDRDIP Program. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40312 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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