Title: Women's empowerment and economic development: the cases of Bangladesh and Kenya

Authors: Dawn Gocio; Kishore G. Kulkarni

Addresses: Department of Economics, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 1201 Fifth Street, CB 77, P.O. Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362, USA ' Department of Economics, College of Business, Metropolitan State University of Denver, CB 77, P.O. Box 173362, Denver, CO 80217-3362, USA

Abstract: This paper reviews the women issues in Bangladesh and Kenya in a comparative fashion. It is argued that education, social status of women, dictates their living conditions. Women's role in economic development is very crucial. Therefore, their social and economic conditions need to improve significantly if an economy desires to grow fast. It is seen that both Kenya and Bangladesh have made a mediocre progress in handling their women issues but there is a long way ahead. The paper is divided into sections according to the countries studied.

Keywords: female empowerment; Bangladesh; comparative study; demographic economics; education; employment; foreign aid; female health; economic development; inequality; Kenya; labour discrimination; employment; labour force composition; manufacturing industry; non-profit organisations; welfare; female education; women issues; social status.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2016.082171

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2016 Vol.7 No.3/4, pp.113 - 132

Received: 02 Jun 2016
Accepted: 31 Aug 2016

Published online: 09 Feb 2017 *

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