Is there a trend towards the feminization of poverty?
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https://doi.org/10.35319/lajed.20054273Keywords:
Poverty, FeminizationAbstract
Poverty is a concept that has been approached by numerous scholars of development and that finds different forms of measurement and definition. When analyzing the literature related to the topic, there is a diversity of poverty alleviation programs, which were gradually implemented and had mixed results, although in most cases their success was quite limited .
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