Chronic Poverty Report

This report is quite amazing. Pages 32-33 and 80 echo our discussions from today's class. It's a free download here:

Chronic Poverty Research Centre: "The Chronic Poverty Report 2004-05 is about people living in chronic poverty - people who remain poor for much or all of their lives, many of whom will pass on their poverty to their children and all too often die easily preventable deaths."

Understanding the Impact of a Microfinance-Based Intervention on Women's Empowerment and the Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa

Understanding the Impact of a Microfinance-Based Intervention on Women's Empowerment and the Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa -- Kim et al., 10.2105/AJPH.2006.095521 -- American Journal of Public Health: "...Our findings, both qualitative and quantitative, indicate that economic and social empowerment of women can contribute to reductions in intimate partner violence [...]"