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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Naila Kabeer is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the social sciences with a strong focus on economics, particularly economics and econometrics, gender studies, sociology and political science, strategy and management, and public administration.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, including:

  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Global Trade, Sustainability, and Social Impact
  • Labor Movements and Unions
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Feminist Economic Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2021, Feminist Economics
  • "Women's Empowerment and Economic Development: A Feminist Critique of Storytelling Practices in 'Randomista' Economics," 2020, Feminist Economics
  • "Paradigm Shift or Business as Usual? Workers' Views on Multi-stakeholder Initiatives in Bangladesh," 2020, Development and Change
  • "Norms that matter: Exploring the distribution of women's work between income generation, expenditure-saving and unpaid domestic responsibilities in India," 2023, World Development
  • "Contested Understandings in the Global Garment Industry after Rana Plaza," 2020, Development and Change

Frequent co-authors working with Kabeer include Lopita Huq, Shahra Razavi, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ashwini Deshpande, and Nivedita Narain.

Publication venues where Kabeer has contributed multiple works are:

  • Feminist Economics
  • Development and Change
  • Working Paper Series
  • World Development
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Kabeer has published books with LSE Press. One notable title is Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox, published in 2024.

They have received recognition as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment

    Naila Kabeer

  • Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought

    Naila Kabeer

  • Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Analysis of the Third Millennium Development Goal

    Naila Kabeer

  • Conflicts Over Credit: Re-Evaluating the Empowerment Potential of Loans to Women in Rural Bangladesh

    Naila Kabeer

  • Gender mainstreaming in poverty eradication and the millennium development goals : a handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders

    Naila Kabeer

  • Is Microfinance a ‘Magic Bullet’ for Women’s Empowerment? Analysis of Findings from South Asia

    Naila Kabeer

  • Women’s economic empowerment and inclusive growth: labour markets and enterprise development

    Naila Kabeer

  • Reflections on the measurement of women's empowerment

    Naila Kabeer

  • The Conditions and Consequences of Choice: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment

    Naila Kabeer

  • Women, Wages and Intra-household Power Relations in Urban Bangladesh

    Naila Kabeer

  • Social Exclusion, Poverty and Discrimination Towards an Analytical Framework

    Naila Kabeer

  • Globalization, gender and poverty: Bangladeshi women workers in export and local markets

    Naila Kabeer;Simeen Mahmud

  • 'Money can't buy me love'? Re-evaluating gender, credit and empowerment in rural Bangladesh

    Naila Kabeer

  • The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka

    Naila Kabeer

  • Inclusive Citizenship: Meanings and Expressions

    Naila Kabeer

  • Gender Equality and Economic Growth: Is there a Win‐Win?

    Naila Kabeer;Luisa Natali

  • Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals

    Naila Kabeer

  • Between affiliation and autonomy: navigating pathways of women's empowerment and gender justice in rural Bangladesh.

    Naila Kabeer

  • Globalization, labor standards, and women's rights: dilemmas of collective (in)action in an interdependent world

    Naila Kabeer

  • Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought.

    Diane L. Wolf;Naila Kabeer

  • Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought.

    Sajeda Amin;Naila Kabeer

  • Is microfinance a 'magic bullet' for women's empowerment?

    Naila Kabeer

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephanie Barrientos
Stephanie Barrientos University of Manchester
Andrea Cornwall
Andrea Cornwall King's College London
Ragui Assaad
Ragui Assaad University of Minnesota
Carmen Diana Deere
Carmen Diana Deere University of Florida
Sajeda Amin
Sajeda Amin Population Council

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