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Gender and Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 2002-08.
Title:
Gender and Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 2002-08.
Author:
Bank, World.
ISBN:
9780821383261
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Series:
Independent Evaluation Group Studies
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Management Response -- Summary of Discussions of Executive Directors and of the Board Committee on Development Effectiveness -- Advisory Panel Statement -- 1. Evolution of the World Bank's Gender Policy -- 1977-2001: Enhancing Women's Participation in Development -- 2001-09: Strengthened Country-Level Approach -- 2. Design of the Evaluation -- Evaluation Approach and Methodology -- Organization of the Report -- 3. Relevance and Appropriateness of the World Bank's Gender Policy -- Relevance of Policy Objectives to the Bank's Mandate -- Relevance of Objectives for Bank Client Countries -- Appropriateness of Policy Design -- 4. Implementation of the Bank's Gender Policy -- Diagnosing Country Context through CGAs -- Integration of Gender Issues into CASs -- Gender Integration by Sector Board -- Gender Integration in Project Design -- Gender Integration in DPOs -- Conclusion -- 5. Institutional Arrangements and Incentives -- Accountabilities for Gender Integration -- Staffi ng and Skills -- Incremental Budget for Gender Integration -- Partnerships -- Monitoring and Evaluation -- Key Findings -- 6. Results of Bank Support-What Worked Well? What Did Not? -- Results of Bank Support in 12 Focus Countries -- Enhanced Human Capital -- Equal Access to Economic Assets and Opportunities -- Increased Voice of Women in Development -- Gender in DPOs -- What Worked Well? -- 7. Findings and Recommendations -- Findings -- Recommendations -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Evaluation Methodology -- Appendix B: Summary Findings of Literature Review on Gender, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth -- Appendix C: Econometric Analysis -- Appendix D: Inclusion and Women's Empowerment in Afghanistan -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank?s 2001 gender strategy and the results thereof. Covering the period fiscal 2002-08, the evaluation finds that the Bank made progress in gender integration compared with an earlier IEG evaluation on gender covering the period fiscal 1990-99. Gender integration into Bank support increased both in quantity and in scope, and more than half of relevant projects integrated gender concerns. With regard to outcomes, detailed reviews were undertaken in 12 focus countries, and the evaluation finds that Bank support likely contributed to increased gender equality in three domains?investment in human capital, access to economic assets and opportunities, and voice in development?substantially in 4 of the 12 countries, modestly in another 6, and weakly in 2. The evaluation recommends several actions to regain and sustain the momentum of gender integration that was evident in the first half of the evaluation period. These include redoubling efforts to institutionalize the accountability framework and develop the monitoring system envisioned in the 2001 Gender Strategy, establishing a results framework, and restoring a broader requirement for gender integration at the project level.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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