Sofia Karina Trommlerová|Stephan Klasen|Ortrud Leßmann
Determinants of Empowerment in a Capability-Based Poverty Approach: Evidence from The Gambia
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies|University of Göttingen|Helmut Schmidt University|Universität Hamburg
although empowerment intrinsically important instrumentally valuable escape poverty little research empirical drivers using householdlevel information advanced econometric techniques also address endogeneity issues examine empowers individuals gambia change lives affect changes communities find age gender marital status nationality economic activity health important determinants empowerment communal individual levels selfreported capabilities communal empowerment strongly affect respondents desire change things lives lastly find men foreigners people good health younger people report higher individual empowerment