Agency and Empowerment: A review of concepts, indicators and empirical evidence

OPHI Research in Progress

This review corresponds to the first part of a background paper for the 2009 Human Development Report in Latin America and the Caribbean on Agency, Empowerment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality in Latin America.

Citation: Samman, E. and Santos, M.E. (2009). 'Agency and empowerment: A review of concepts, indicators and empirical evidence', OPHI Research in Progress 10a, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.

Keywords:
agency, empowerment, poverty measurement

Authors
Emma Samman and Maria Emma Santos
Series Name
OPHI Research in Progress
Publication date
2009
Publication Number
RP 10a