The feminization of income poverty in Jordan regarding the findings of its evaluation studies and the outcomes of institutional interventions to remedy it

Abstract

In its general meaning, the feminization of income poverty indicates that number of the poor females in the developing countries is greater than the number of poor males. To be ascertained of this definition, this study was conducted and the findings proved that the extent of income poverty in Jordan differs regarding the findings of its evaluation studies and the outcomes of institutional interventions to remedy it since the first source decreasespoverty rate whereas the second source increases it