Kabeer, Naila

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  • Kabeer, Naila (2024). Social protection, livelihoods and ‘structural gaps’: impact assessment as stories of social change. LSE Public Policy Review, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.31389/lseppr.101 picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Narain, Nivedita, Arora, Varnica, Lal, Vinitika (2024). Group rights, gender justice, and women's self-help groups: exit, voice, and loyalty in an indigenous community in India. Social Philosophy & Policy, 40(1), 103 - 128. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052523000390 picture_as_pdf
  • Deshpande, Ashwini, Kabeer, Naila (2024). Norms that matter: exploring the distribution of women's work between income generation, expenditure-saving and unpaid domestic responsibilities in India. World Development, 174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106435 picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Razavi, Shahra, van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana (2021). Feminist economic perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic. Feminist Economics, 27(1-2), 1 - 29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2021.1876906 picture_as_pdf
  • Ashwin, Sarah, Kabeer, Naila, Schüßler, Elke (2020). Contested understandings in the global garment industry after Rana Plaza. Development and Change, 51(5), 1296 - 1305. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12573 picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Huq, Lopita, Sulaiman, Munshi (2020). Paradigm shift or business as usual? Workers' views on multi-stakeholder initiatives in Bangladesh. Development and Change, 51(5), 1360 - 1398. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12574 picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (2020). Women’s empowerment and economic development: a feminist critique of story telling practices in ‘Randomista' economics. Feminist Economics, 26(2), 1 - 26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2020.1743338 picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (2020). Misbehaving’ RCTs: the confounding problem of human agency. World Development, 127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104809 picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (2019). Randomized control trials and qualitative evaluations of a multifaceted programme for women in extreme poverty: Empirical Findings and Methodological Reflections. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 20(2), 197-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2018.1536696 picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (2018). Women workers and the politics of claims-making: the local and the global. Development and Change, 49(3), 759-789. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12392
  • Kabeer, Naila, Mahmud, Simeen, Tasneem, Sakiba (2018). The contested relationship between paid work and women’s empowerment: empirical analysis from Bangladesh. European Journal of Development Research, 30(2), 235-251. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-017-0119-y
  • Heinz, James, Kabeer, Naila, Mahmud, Simeen (2017). Cultural norms, economic incentives and women's labour market behaviour: Empirical insights from Bangladesh. Oxford Development Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2017.1382464
  • Kabeer, Naila (2017). Economic pathways to women’s empowerment and active citizenship what does the evidence from Bangladesh tell us? The Journal of Development Studies, 53(5), 649 - 663. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1205730
  • Kabeer, Naila (2016). Gender equality, economic growth, and women’s agency: the “endless variety” and “monotonous similarity” of patriarchal constraints. Feminist Economics, 22(1), 295-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2015.1090009
  • Kabeer, Naila (2015). Tracking the gender politics of the Millennium Development Goals: struggles for interpretive power in the international development agenda. Third World Quarterly, 36(2), 377-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1016656
  • Kabeer, Naila, Waddington, Hugh (2015). Economic impacts of conditional cash transfer programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 7(3), 290-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2015.1068833
  • Kabeer, Naila (2015). Gender, poverty, and inequality: a brief history of feminist contributions in the field of international development. Gender and Development, 23(2), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2015.1062300
  • Kabeer, Naila (2014). Social justice and the millennium development goals: the challenge of intersecting inequalities. Equal Rights Review, 13, 91-116.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Khan, Ayesha (2014). Cultural values or universal rights? women's narratives of compliance and contestation in urban Afghanistan. Feminist Economics, 20(3), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2014.926558
  • Kabeer, Naila (2014). The politics and practicalities of universalism: towards a citizen-centred perspective on social protection. European Journal of Development Research, 26(3), 338-354. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2014.10
  • Kabeer, Naila, Huq, Lopita, Mahmud, Simeen (2013). Diverging stories of “missing women” in South Asia is son preference weakening in Bangladesh? Feminist Economics, 20(4), 138-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2013.857423
  • Kabeer, Naila, Milward, Kirsty, Sudarshan, Ratna (2013). Organising women workers in the informal economy. Gender and Development, 21(2), 249-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2013.802145
  • Kabeer, Naila, Mahmud, Simeen, Isaza Castro, Jairo G. (2012). NGOs and the political empowerment of poor people in rural Bangladesh: cultivating the habits of democracy? World Development, 40(10), 2044-2062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.011
  • Kabeer, Naila (2012). Empowerment, citizenship and gender justice: a contribution to locally grounded theories of change in women's lives. Ethics and Social Welfare, 6(3), 216-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2012.704055
  • Kabeer, Naila (2011). Between affiliation and autonomy: navigating pathways of women's empowerment and gender justice in rural Bangladesh. Development and Change, 42(2), 499-528. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01703.x
  • Kabeer, Naila (2011). Citizenship narratives in the face of bad governance: the voices of the working poor in Bangladesh. Journal of Peasant Studies, 38(2), 325-353. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2011.559011
  • Kabeer, Naila (2010). Women's empowerment, development interventions and the management of information flows. IDS Bulletin, 41(6), 105-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2010.00188.x
  • Kabeer, Naila, Cook, Sarah (2010). Barriers to the extension of social protection. Evidence from Asia. IDS Bulletin, 41(4), 1-117.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Hug, Lopita (2010). The power of relationships: love and solidarity in a landless women’s organisation. IDS Bulletin, 41(2), 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2010.00126.x
  • Kabeer, Naila, Mumtaz, Khawar, Sayeed, Assad (2010). Beyond risk management: vulnerability, social protection and citizenship in Pakistan. Journal of International Development, 22(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1538
  • Kabeer, Naila, Mahmud, Simeen (2009). Imagining the future: children, education and intergenerational transmission of poverty in urban Bangladesh. IDS Bulletin, 40(1), 10 - 21. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2009.00003.x
  • Kabeer, Naila, Heintz, James (2008). Economic growth, social protection and ‘real’ labour markets. IDS Bulletin, 39(2), 1-129.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2008). Gender, labour markets and poverty: an overview. Poverty in Focus, (13), 3-5.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2006). Poverty, social exclusion and the MDGs: the challenge of ‘durable inequalities' in the Asian context. IDS Bulletin, 37(3), 64 - 78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2006.tb00270.x
  • Kabeer, Naila (2005). No magic bullets: gender, microfinance and women’s empowerment in South Asia. Economic and Political Weekly, XL(44-45), 4709-4718.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2005). Gender equality and women's empowerment: a critical analysis of the third Millennium Development Goal. Gender and Development, 13(1), 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552070512331332273
  • Kabeer, Naila (2005). Is microfinance a 'magic bullet' for women's empowerment? Economic and Political Weekly, 40(44/45), 4709-4718.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Hossain, Naomi (2004). Achieving universal education and eliminating gender disparity in Bangladesh. Economic and Political Weekly, XXXIX(36), 4093-4100.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2004). Achieving universal primary education. Economic and Political Weekly, 39(36), 4093-4100.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Barrientos, Stephanie (2004). Enhancing female employment in global production: policy implications. Global Social Policy, 4(2), 153-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468018104045107
  • Kabeer, Naila, Mahmud, Simeen (2004). Globalization, gender and poverty: Bangladeshi women workers in export and local markets. Journal of International Development, 16(1), 93-109. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1065
  • Kabeer, Naila (2004). Globalization, labor standards and women's rights: dilemmas of collective (in)action in an interdependent world. Feminist Economics, 10(1), 3-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/1354570042000198227
  • Kabeer, Naila (2003). Part III: Wider Social Impacts: 10. Assessing the “wider” social impacts of microfinance services: concepts, methods, findings. IDS Bulletin, 34(4), 106 - 114. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2003.tb00095.x
  • Kabeer, Naila (2002). Safety nets and opportunity ladders: addressing vulnerability and promoting productivity in south Asia. Development Policy Review, 20(5), 589-614. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7679.00191
  • Kabeer, Naila (2001). Conflicts over credit: re-evaluating the empowerment potential of loans to women in rural Bangladesh. World Development, 29(1), 63-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00081-4
  • Kabeer, Naila (2001). Ideas, economics and 'the sociology of supply': explanations for fertility decline in Bangladesh. The Journal of Development Studies, 38(1), 29-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380412331322181
  • Kabeer, Naila (2000). Intergenerational contracts, demographic transitions and the 'quantity-quality' trade-off: children, parents and investing in the future. Journal of International Development, 12(4), 463-482. https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1328(200005)12:4<463::AID-JID684>3.0.CO;2-S
  • Kabeer, Naila (2000). Social exclusion, poverty and discrimination: towards an analytical framework. IDS Bulletin, 31(4), 83-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2000.mp31004009.x
    • Audio/visual resource
  • Kabeer, Naila (2019). Rice and fish curry. LSE Research Festival 2019: New World (Dis)Orders. London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom, GBR. video_file
    • Book
  • Kabeer, Naila (2024). Renegotiating patriarchy: gender, agency and the Bangladesh paradox. LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.rpg picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Milward, Kirsty, Sudarshan, Sudarshan (Eds.) (2013). Organizing women in the informal economy: beyond the weapons of the weak. Zed Press.
  • Cook, Sarah, Kabeer, Naila (Eds.) (2010). Social protection as development policy: Asian perspectives. Routledge India.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Stark, Agneta, Magnus, Edda (Eds.) (2008). Global perspectives on gender equality: reversing the gaze. Routledge.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2008). Mainstreaming gender in social protection for the informal economy. Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Kabeer, Naila (Ed.) (2005). Inclusive citizenship: meanings and expressions. Zed Press.
  • Copestake, James, Greeley, Martin, Johnson, Susan, Kabeer, Naila, Simanowitz, Anton, Knotts, Katherine (Eds.) (2005). Money with a mission, volume 1: microfinance and poverty reduction. Intermediate Technology Development Group.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Nambissan, Geetha, Subrahmanian, Ramya (Eds.) (2003). Child labour and the right to education in south Asia: needs versus rights? SAGE Publications India.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2003). Mainstreaming gender equality in poverty eradication and the Millennium Development Goals: a handbook for policymakers and other stakeholders. Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Cook, Sarah, Kabeer, Naila, Suwannarat, Gary (2002). Social protection in Asia. Har-Anand Publications.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2001). The power to choose: Bangladeshi women and labour market decisions in London and Dhaka. Verso (Firm : London, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila, Subramanian, Ramya (Eds.) (1997). Institutions, relations and outcomes: a framework and case studies for gender-aware planning. Zed Books.
    • Chapter
  • Kabeer, Naila, Santos, Ricardo (2023). Tackling intersecting inequalities: insights from Brazil. In Deshpande, A. (Ed.), Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action (pp. 353 - 406). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4166-5_53
  • Lohmeyer, Nora, Schüßler, Elke, Kabeer, Naila (2022). Social upgrading in the Bangladeshi garment sector since Rana Plaza: why some governance matters more than others. In Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Comparative Analyses, Macroeconomic Effects, the Role of Institutions and Strategies for the Global South (pp. 385-411). Springer International (Firm). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87320-2_15 picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (2021). Three faces of agency in feminist economics: capabilities, empowerment and citizenship. In Berik, G. & Kongar, E. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Economics (pp. 99 - 107). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429020612-12 picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (2019). The evolving politics of labor standards in Bangladesh: taking stock and looking forward. In Banerjee Saxena, S. (Ed.), Labor, Global Supply Chains, and the Garment Industry in South Asia: Bangladesh after Rana Plaza . Routledge. picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (2013). The rise of the female breadwinner: reconfigurations of marriage, motherhood and masculinity in the global economy. In Ray, S. M. & Waylen, G. (Eds.), New Frontiers in Feminist Political Economy (pp. 62-84). Routledge.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Mahmud, Simeen (2010). Microfinance and social mobilisation. Alternative pathways to grassroots democracy? In Coelho, V. S. & Von Lieres, B. (Eds.), Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation (pp. 48-71). Zed Books.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2010). Alternative measures of chronic poverty. In Lawson, D., Hulme, D., Matin, I. & Moore, K. (Eds.), What Works for the Poorest? Knowledge, Targeting, Policies and Practices . Practical Action (Organization).
  • Kabeer, Naila (2009). Passion, pragmatism and the politics of advocacy: the Nordic experience through a 'gender and development' lens. In Kabeer, N., Stark, A. & Magnus, E. (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Gender Equality: Reversing the Gaze . Routledge.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2006). Compliance versus accountability: struggles for dignity and daily bread in the Bangladesh garment industry. In Newell, P. & Wheeler, J. (Eds.), Rights, Resources and the Politics of Accountability . Zed Books.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2005). Direct social impacts for the Millennium Development Goals. In Copestake, J., Greeley, M., Johnson, S., Kabeer, N., Simanowitz, A. & Knotts, K. (Eds.), Money With a Mission, Volume 1: Microfinance and Poverty Reduction . Intermediate Technology Development Group.
  • Cortijo, Marie Jo A., Kabeer, Naila (2005). Methodological and organisational lessons from impact assessment studies: the case of SHARE, India. In Brody, A., Greeley, M. & Wright-Revolledo, K. (Eds.), Money With a Mission, Volume 2: Microfinance and Poverty Reduction . Intermediate Technology Development Group.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2005). Social exclusion and citizenship: the wider impacts of microfinance. In Copestake, J., Greeley, M., Johnson, S. & Wright-Revolledo, K. (Eds.), Money With a Mission . ITDG Publishing.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2005). Wider impacts: social exclusion and citizenship. In Copestake, J., Greeley, M., Johnson, S., Kabeer, N., Simanowitz, A. & Knotts, K. (Eds.), Money With a Mission, Volume 1: Microfinance and Poverty Reduction . Intermediate Technology Development Group.
  • Dash, Anup, Kabeer, Naila (2005). The challenge of sustainability in India's poorest state: the case of the Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD). In Brody, A., Greeley, M. & Wright-Revolledo, K. (Eds.), Money With a Mission, Volume 2: Managing Social Performance of Microfinance . Intermediate Technology Development Group.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Dash, A. (2005). The challenge of sustainability in India’s poorest state: the case of the centre for youth and social development. In Brody, A., Greeley, M. & Wright-Revolledo, K. (Eds.), Money With a Mission . ITDG Publishing.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2005). The direct social impacts of microfinance. In Copestake, J., Greeley, M., Johnson, S. & Wright-Revolledo, K. (Eds.), Money With a Mission . ITDG Publishing.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2004). Labor standards, women's rights, basic needs: challenges to collective action in a globalizing world. In Beneria, L. & Bisnath, S. (Eds.), Global Tensions: Challenges and Opportunities in the World Economy (pp. 143-159). Routledge.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2003). Labour standards, women’s rights, basic needs: challenges to collective action in a globalising world. In Beneria, L. & Bisnath, S. (Eds.), Global Tensions: Challenges and Opportunities in the World Economy . Routledge.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2003). Deprivation, discrimination and delivery: explaining child labour and educational failure in South Asia. In Kabeer, N., Nambissan, G. & Subrahmanian, R. (Eds.), Child Labour and the Right to Education in South Asia: Needs Versus Rights? . SAGE Publications.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2003). Deprivation, discrimination and delivery. In Kabeer, N., Nambissan, G. & Subrahmanian, R. (Eds.), Child Labour and the Right to Education in South Asia: Needs Versus Rights? . SAGE Publications India.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2002). Leaving the rice fields but not the countryside: gender, livelihoods and pro-poor growth in rural Vietnam. In Razavi, S. (Ed.), Shifting Burdens: Gender and Agrarian Change Under Neoliberalism . Kumarian Press.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2001). Family bargaining. In Smelser, N. J. & Baltes, P. B. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioural Sciences (pp. 5314-5319). Elsevier (Firm). https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-08-043076-7/03943-7
  • Kabeer, Naila (2001). Reflections on the measurement of women’s empowerment. In Sisask, A. (Ed.), Discussing Women’s Empowerment: Theory and Practice (pp. 17-57). Sweden. Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete.
    • Report
  • Kabeer, Naila, Deshpande, Ashwini, Assaad, Ragui (2019). Women's access to market opportunities in South Asia and the Middle East & North Africa: barriers, opportunities and policy challenges. Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Piza, Caio, Taylor, Linnet (2012). What are the economic impacts of conditional cash transfer programmes? A systematic review of the evidence. University of London. Institute of Education.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Ainsworth, Peroline (2011). Life chances, life choices: exploring patterns of work and worklessness among Bangladeshi and Somali women in Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets Council.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Cook, Sarah, Chopra, Deepta, Ainsworth, Peroline (2010). Social protection in Asia: research findings and policy lessons. Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila (2010). Can the MDGs provide a pathway to social justice? The challenge of intersecting inequalities. United Nations Development Programme.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2009). Scoping study on social protection: evidence on impacts and future research directions. Department for International Development.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2009). 2009 world survey on the role of women in development: women's control over economic resources and access to financial resources. United Nations.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2009). Gender and the MDGs: towards a transformative agenda. Department for International Development.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2004). Social exclusion and the MDGs: concept, findings and policy implications. Department for International Development.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2003). Gender, globalisation and labour markets. International Labour Organization.
    • Online resource
  • Ashwin, Sarah, Kabeer, Naila (2018). Taking #MeToo into global supply chains.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Santos, Ricardo (2017). Pode o sucesso do Brasil na resposta à intersec\cão de desigualdades ser um modelo para o resto do mundo?
  • Kabeer, Naila, Santos, Ricardo (2017). Could Brazil's success in tackling intersecting inequalities be a model for the rest of the world?
  • Kabeer, Naila, Campion, Sonali (2016). “If women’s productive activities were better understood, policy could be designed to support rather than invisiblise their contributions” – Naila Kabeer.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2015). Gender equality, the MDGs and the SDGs: achievements, lessons and concerns.
    • Working paper
  • Kabeer, Naila, Huq, Lopita, Aktar, Taslima, Al Mamun, Saklain, Alam, Afsana, Roy Nath, Shravasti, Sultana, Razia (2025). Livelihood transitions and coping with shocks: women in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector coping with COVID-19. Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England). picture_as_pdf
  • Cook, Sarah, Kabeer, Naila (2023). From economic growth to a wellbeing economy: notes for a feminist foreign policy. picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Huq, Lopita, Aktar, Taslima, Al Mamun, Saklain, Alam, Afsana, Roy Nath, Shravasti, Sultana, Razia (2021). Livelihood transitions of women workers during COVID-19: the case of domestic workers in Dhaka. Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England). picture_as_pdf
  • Deshpande, Ashwini, Kabeer, Naila (2021). Norms that matter: exploring the distribution of women’s work between income generation, expenditure-saving, and unpaid domestic responsibilities in India. United Nations University. [In Press] picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Huq, Lopita, Mahabub Rahaman, Muhammad (2021). Material barriers, cultural boundaries: a mixed-methods analysis of gender and labour market segmentation in Bangladesh. United Nations University. picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Datta, Sanchari (2020). Randomized control trials and qualitative impacts what do they tell us about the immediate and long-term assessments of productive safety nets for women in extreme poverty in West Bengal? (Working paper 20-199). International Development, LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Narain, Nivedita, Arora, Varnica, Lal, Vinitika (2019). Group rights and gender justice: exploring tensions within an indigenous community in India. (III Working Paper 33). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.3kvxm7vkw9tv picture_as_pdf
  • Deshpande, Ashwini, Kabeer, Naila (2019). (In)visibility, care and cultural barriers: the size and shape of women’s work in India. (Discussion papers series in economics DP No.04/19). Ashoka University, Department of Economics. picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (2018). Gender, livelihood capabilities and women’s economic empowerment: reviewing evidence over the life course. Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE). picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila, Santos, Ricardo (2017). Intersecting inequalities and the sustainable development goals: insights from Brazil. (III Working Paper 14). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.qlzunxto9jev picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (2014). Violence against women as ‘Relational’ vulnerability: engendering the sustainable human development agenda. (Occassional Paper). United Nations Development Programme.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2013). Paid work, women’s empowerment and inclusive growth. (UN Women Policy Paper). UN Women.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2013). Economic growth and gender equality: is there a win-win? (UN Women Policy Paper). UN Women.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2012). Gender equality, labour markets and inclusive growth: wage labour and enterprise development. (CDPR Discussion papers 29/12). Centre for Development Policy and Research.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Huda, Karishma, Kaur, Sandeep, Lamhauge, Nicolina (2012). Productive safety nets for women in extreme poverty. Lessons from pilot projects in India and Pakistan. SOAS.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Khan, Ayesha, Adlparvar, Naysan (2011). Afghan values or women’s rights? Gendered narratives about continuity and change in urban Afghanistan. (IDS Working Paper 387). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila (2011). Contextualising the economic pathways of women’s empowerment: findings from a multi-country research programme. (Pathways Policy Paper). Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Mahmud, Simeen, Tasneem, Sakiba (2011). Does paid work provide a pathway to women's empowerment? Empirical findings from Bangladesh. (IDS Working Paper 375). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila, Mahmud, Simeen, Castro, Jairo Guillermo Isaza (2010). NGO Strategies and the challenge of development and democracy in Bangladesh. (IDS Working Paper 343). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila, Haq Kabir, Ariful, Yasmin Huq, Tahera (2009). Quantifying the impact of social mobilisation: donors, civil society and the ‘road not taken’. (IDS Working Paper 333). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila, Kabir, Ariful Haq (2009). Citizenship narratives in the absence of good governance: voices of the working poor in Bangladesh. (Working papers 331). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila (2009). Women's economic empowerment: key issues and policy options. (Sida Policy SIDA51910en). Sweden. Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete.
  • Eyben, Rosalind, Kabeer, Naila, Cornwall, Andrea (2008). Conceptualising empowerment and the implications for pro-poor growth: a paper for the DAC Poverty Network. Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila (2008). Paid work, women's empowerment and gender justice: critical pathways of social change. (Pathways of Empowerment working papers 3). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila (2007). Marriage, motherhood and masculinity in the global economy: reconfigurations of personal and economic life. (IDS working papers 290). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila, Anh, Tran Thi Van (2006). Globalisation, gender and work in the context of economic transition: the case of Viet Nam. (UNDP Viet Nam policy dialogue papers 2006/2). United Nations.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Anh, Tran Thi Van (2006). Globalisation, gender and work in the context of transition: the case of Vietnam. (GEM-IWG working papers 06/03). International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2006). Microfinance, the MDGs and beyond: what difference to financial services make to low income women? IFAD-UNIFEM Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2005). Gender equality and human development: the instrumental rationale. (Human Development Report Office occasional papers 2005/31). United Nations.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Anh, Tran Thi Van, Loi, Vu Manh (2005). Preparing for the future: forward looking strategies to promote gender equality in Viet Nam. (United Nations / World Bank thematic discussion papers). United Nations.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2004). Imagining 'the social': social policy analysis for the poor in poor countries. (IDS working papers 191). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel, Kabeer, Naila (2003). Gender equality and the extension of social protection. (ESS Paper Series 16). International Labour Organisation.
  • Kabeer, Naila (2003). Gender equality, poverty eradication and the Millennium Development Goals: promoting women's capabilities and participation. (Gender & development discussion paper series 13). United Nations.
  • Whitehead, Ann, Kabeer, Naila (2003). Living with uncertainty: gender, livelihoods and pro-poor growth in sub-Saharan Africa. (IDS working papers 134). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Malhotra, Rahul, Kabeer, Naila (2002). Demographic transition, intergenerational contracts and old age security: emerging challenges for social. (IDS Working Paper 157). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila (2002). Citizenship and the boundaries of the acknowledged community: identity, affiliation and exclusion. (IDS working papers 171). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Malhotra, Rahul, Kabeer, Naila (2002). Demographic transition, inter-generational contracts and old age security: an emerging challenge for social policy in developing countries. (IDS working papers 157). Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England).
  • Kabeer, Naila (2002). Safety nets and opportunity ladders: addressing vulnerability and enhancing productivity in south Asia. (ODI working papers 159). Overseas Development Institute.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Anh, Tran Thi Van (2000). Leaving the rice fields but not the countryside: gender, livelihoods diversification and implications for pro-poor growth in rural Viet Nam. (UNRISD occasional papers OPB13). United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
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  • Kabeer, Naila (3 April 2025) Reversed Realities at 30 – reproductive rights and the right-wing backlash. LSE Review of Books.
  • Kabeer, Naila, Plomien, Ania (2 October 2024) Placing gender justice at the heart of the wellbeing economy. LSE Inequalities. picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (11 June 2024) Q and A with Naila Kabeer on Renegotiating patriarchy. LSE Review of Books. picture_as_pdf
  • Kabeer, Naila (18 May 2020) Labour market inequalities are exacerbated by Covid-19. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf