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In the women and development discourse, one general problem concerns the factthat policy approaches lose their critical elements during their implementation. Forinstance, the 'Equity Approach', the original and the most critical of all WIDapproaches, was soon replaced by the milder 'Anti-Poverty Approach'. Subsequently,the 'Anti-Poverty approach' was replaced by the 'Efficiency Approach' which reflectedthe concerns of the neo-liberal agenda (see chapter 4). Similarly, the GAD lost mostof its critical features as it became popular (see chapter 5). The empowermentapproach has emerged out of the criticisms of the earlier approaches. However, it isnot immune against the same old obstacles faced by the earlier approaches. Itsincreasing popularity seems to become a serious obstacle. Kabeer (1994: 129) writesthat "the sharpness of the perspectives that gave rise to [empowerment] has beendiluted" as it has become a buzzword in development jargon
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