Naila Kabeer

Naila Kabeer
নায়লা কবির
Born (1950-01-28) 28 January 1950 (age 74)
NationalityBritish
Academic career
FieldSocial economy
InstitutionLondon School of Economics
University of Gothenburg
Department for International Development
School or
tradition
Socioeconomics
Alma materLondon School of Economics
University College London

Naila Kabeer (Bengali: নায়লা কবির; born 28 January 1950)[1] is an Indian-born British Bangladeshi social economist, research fellow, writer and professor at the London School of Economics. She was also president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) from 2018 to 2019.[2] She is on the editorial committee of journals such as Feminist Economist, Development and Change, Gender and Development, Third World Quarterly and the Canadian Journal of Development Studies.[3] She works primarily on poverty, gender and social policy issues. Her research interests include gender, poverty, social exclusion, labour markets and livelihoods, social protection, focused on South and South East Asia.

  1. ^ "Kabeer, Naila". Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 August 2014. CIP t.p. (Naila Kabeer) data sheet (born 28 January 1950)
  2. ^ "Past presidents". International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ "About Me – Naila Kabeer". Retrieved 10 March 2020.