Gender and Development: An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 2002-08 |
Abstract: The 2000 Millennium Development Goals shifted the focus of gender development aid away from females as disadvantaged relative to males and more toward gender equality. In 2001 the World Bank adopted a gender equality policy as a means to help reduce poverty; this policy was outlined in Integrating Gender into the World Bank's Work: A Strategy for Action (referred as the 2001 Gender Strategy). To further strengthen its impact, the World Bank introduced a Gender Action Plan in 2007 that focused on four key markets—land, labor, agriculture, and finance—as well as on infrastructure related to access to these markets.
This evaluation finds that the World Bank made progress in gender integration from 2002 to 2008, integrating gender concerns in more than half of the relevant projects. However, progress was qualified by findings that implementation of the policy, initially strong, weakened in the latter half of the review period. IEG also found that there were two key gaps in the policy: the absence of a results framework and replacement of a generalized gender mainstreaming approach with a more selective country-level approach.
To further improve results and regain the momentum of gender integration, IEG recommends institutionalizing the management accountability framework, developing a monitoring system envisioned in the 2001 Gender Strategy, establishing a results framework, and restoring a broader requirement for gender integration at the project level.
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02/01/2010 |
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Gender and Development |
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English |
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