...definition of empowerment is appropriate. This also helps draw out the relevance to Bank operations. Empowerment is the expansion of assets and capabilities...accountable institutions that affect their lives. Poor People's Assets and Capabilities Poor women and men need a range of assets and capabilities to...

...which also helps draw out the relevance to the Bank's work: Empowerment is the expansion of asscts and capabilities of poor people to participate in,...accountable institutions that affect their lives. Since poverty is multidimensional, poor people need a range of assets and capabilities at the individual...

...up-to-date and comprehensive treatments of this subject, and proposes a definition in the following terms: 'the expansion of assets and capabilities of poor...and hold accountable institutions that affect their lives.'206 Within this conception it can be seen that empowerment and accountability are in fact very...

...view that transcends social capital. Empowerment refers to the expansion of assets and capabilities of people to participate in, negotiate with, influence,...hold accountable institutions that affect their lives (World Bank 2002). Empowerment is brought about by a wide range of actions, such as making state institutions...

...uses language very similar to that used by rights-based approaches. Thus: 1. Empowerment is defined as the expansion of assets and capabilities of poor people...accountable institutions that affect their lives. 2. The empowerment framework identifies as four key elements: information, inclusion/participation,...

...developing countries to take greater control of their own destiny. This concept of "empowerment" amounts to the "expansion of assets and capabilities of poor...and hold accountable institutions that affect their lives".70 Thus, empowerment requires that people have access to information, participate in decisions...

...into desired outcomes and utilizing these for building individual or collective assets. It enables the people to "participate in, negotiate with, influence,...accountable institutions that affect their lives" (World Bank, 2002a: 11). Empowerment has both instrumental and intrinsic dimensions. Asset building...

...for improving the welfare of the poor. Empowerment in this context refers to the capacity of the poor to "participate in, negotiate with, influence, control...accountable institutions that affect their lives" (World Bank 2001a). by European states (De Witte 2002). These include the European Convention on Human...

...growth and reducing poverty by the 2000/2001 World Development Report. As defined by Deepa Narayan, "1 Empowerment is the expansion of assets and capabilities...and hold accountable institutions that affect their lives."2" For poor people, that freedom is usually curtailed by their voicelessness and powerlessness...

...changes in institutions and increasing the agency of poor people to take action on their own behalf. Empowerment is the expansion of assets and capabilities...negotiate with, influence, control, and hold accountable the institutions that affect their lives. Figure 1.2 outlines a framework for understanding empowerment...