........... The four key elements of empowerment according to the World Bank are access to information, inclusion and participation, accountability, and local organizational capacity. While economic factors do certainly play a role in improving a women's financial position, the context within which empowerment occurs is also important for understanding whether a particular intervention has been effective. When it comes to financial transactions, strong patriarchal norms may reduce the role of women to a mere conduit for accessing loans and banking services, rather than effecting any real change in the prevailing social structure. A woman's "emancipation" may remain contingent..........
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