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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
Mexican anti-poverty program targeting poor women may help men most, study finds

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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