Monday, June 01, 2009
[IWS] ADB: ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY & POVERTY REDUCTION RESULTS -- LESSONS (Briefing Note) [May 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Project Gender Action Plans
Lessons for Achieving Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction Results (A Briefing Note) [May 2009]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Brochures/Project-Gender-Action-Plans/default.asp
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Brochures/Project-Gender-Action-Plans/gender-briefing-note.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
This briefing note summarizes evidence on effective approaches used by the Asian Development Bank for achieving benefits for women and progress towards gender equality. It features the effectiveness of gender action plans in achieving practical benefits and strategic changes in gender relations; reducing vulnerability to poverty; and enhancing sustainability of benefits. It also provides guidelines for incorporating gender in reports and recommendations of the President (RRPs).
The findings are based on gender assessments of 12 loans in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, and Pakistan and including five rural development loans (agriculture, rural infrastructure, and livestock), four human developmpent and/or social sector loans (two health and two education), and three governance loans.
Contents
Introduction
Gender action plans help achieve practical benefits and strategic changes in gender relations
Gender action plans help reduce vulnerability to poverty
Gender action plans enhance the sustainability of benefits
The role of gender specialists in resident missions
Dialogue with executing agencies is essential
GAPs and project design and monitoring frameworks (DMFs)
Guidelines for incorporating gender in reports and recommendations of the President (RRPs)
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Project Gender Action Plans
Lessons for Achieving Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction Results (A Briefing Note) [May 2009]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Brochures/Project-Gender-Action-Plans/default.asp
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Brochures/Project-Gender-Action-Plans/gender-briefing-note.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
This briefing note summarizes evidence on effective approaches used by the Asian Development Bank for achieving benefits for women and progress towards gender equality. It features the effectiveness of gender action plans in achieving practical benefits and strategic changes in gender relations; reducing vulnerability to poverty; and enhancing sustainability of benefits. It also provides guidelines for incorporating gender in reports and recommendations of the President (RRPs).
The findings are based on gender assessments of 12 loans in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, and Pakistan and including five rural development loans (agriculture, rural infrastructure, and livestock), four human developmpent and/or social sector loans (two health and two education), and three governance loans.
Contents
Introduction
Gender action plans help achieve practical benefits and strategic changes in gender relations
Gender action plans help reduce vulnerability to poverty
Gender action plans enhance the sustainability of benefits
The role of gender specialists in resident missions
Dialogue with executing agencies is essential
GAPs and project design and monitoring frameworks (DMFs)
Guidelines for incorporating gender in reports and recommendations of the President (RRPs)
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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