Transcript gender portfolio review

Effective Strategies for
Integrating Gender in
Sustainable Development
Overview
Nilufar Ahmad, SDV
March 6, 2009
Social Development
Department
Session Objectives
Participants in this session will share and discuss:
 How to enhance women’s empowerment and gender
equality in Bank’s Sustainable Development portfolioAgriculture & Rural Development and Infrastructure
 How to make sustained progress of MDG 3 through
the sustainable development
 How to move from analysis to advocacy to action
 How to Learn from innovative practices and scale up
within Bank’s portfolio
Social Development
Department
WBG Gender Policy
 Gender advisor in 1970s, BP in 1994, OP 1999, Gender Strategy
2002
 Gender Action Plan (GAP- FY07-FY11)
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Objective: accelerate implementation of MDG 3 (promote gender equality and
empower women) by increasing women’s economic opportunities. Focus is on
Infrastructure and Agriculture and Rural development
Budget commitment: $36.7 million (providing seed funds)
 Activities: (a) gender integration in operations and AAA; (b) pilot results-based
initiatives; ©research, impact evaluation and statistics; and (d) communications
 President Zoellick’s 2008 World Bank Group 6 Commitments on Gender
Equality (increasing gender equality actions in operations)
1. Doubling gender action in ARD by 2011
2. Increasing IDA commitment for gender
Social Development
Department
Gender integration in WBG Portfolio – well
integrated in HD sector
 90% of health and education projects FY04-05
integrated gender (Gender Action Plan 2006).
 Nearly 50% of the ARD projects integrated gender
in FY05 (Gender and Rural Development
Thematic Group Portfolio Review 2005)
 21 % of the infrastructure projects integrated
gender in FY05 (Gender review of Infrastructure
Portfolio, SDV, 2008).
Social Development
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Development Effectiveness increased through
Gender Responsive Actions: Value Added
 Women’s participation in design and decision making improves governance,
management, cost recovery and production (Morocco, Karnataka, Kerala, Nepal
Rural WSS and Bangladesh Rural Electrification)
 Women’s participation increases effectiveness, quality and sustainability of
infrastructure rehabilitation and maintenance; high economic rate of return
(31%); improved work environment, as less violence and drinking in project
sites (Peru Rural Roads Project)
 Women’s participation enhanced the benefits of mining for the poorest
segments and promoted the sustainability of the project (PNG Mining Sector
Strengthening). Private sector accepted and using Bank’s gender guidelines
Social Development
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Gender Equality Action in Projects Responded to Gender Policies
FY03-04 Gender OP, Strategy and FY07-08 GAP
Total Projects: 1133
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Percentage of PADs for Each Fiscal Year
40%
Fiscal Year
All Projects with Gender Actions
IDA Projects with Gender Actions
IBRD Projects with Gender Actions
Social Development
Department
We Need Your Advice on Next Steps
Operational Guidelines and Monitoring
 Develop practical gender and infrastructure resources and results indicators
(need your feedback of drafts)
Learning Agenda and Knowledge Products
 Capacity building sessions with staff and counterparts (what is most useful)
Social/Gender Dimensions of Climate Change and criteria for climate
investments
 Study and tools on gender and climate change (what is most useful?)
 Study & tools on gender, poverty and environmental sustainability
Technical Support on Gender and Sustainable Development (what is
needed and what are the most effective mechanisms to provide this?)