An Evaluation of World Bank and International Finance Corporation Engagement of Gender Equality over the Past 10 Years

doi:10.1596/IEG193623

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An Evaluation of World Bank and International Finance Corporation Engagement of Gender Equality over the Past 10 Years

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2024-11-07T21:48:06Z
dc.date.available	2024-11-07T21:48:06Z
dc.date.issued	2024-11-07
dc.description.abstract	Gender equality has been a high-level commitment of the World Bank Group for at least two decades. In its gender strategy for fiscal years 2016-23, the Bank Group committed to maximizing the impact of its efforts to close gender gaps in key development outcomes, while steering activities and their monitoring toward measurable results. Moreover, gender has been an International Development Association (IDA) special theme since the 16th Replenishment that channeled financial resources to address gender inequalities in IDA countries. This evaluation assesses World Bank Group support to countries to address gender inequalities between fiscal years 2012 and 2023. It analyzes the factors that enabled and constrained success, includes three recommendations and provides lessons that are relevant for implementation of the recently approved Gender Strategy 2024-2030. The evaluation’s findings underpin three recommendations for the Bank Group to improve its country-driven engagement for gender equality and the achievement of results. (i) Strengthen the country-driven engagement model for gender equality, with greater selectivity, prioritization, and coordination of the country portfolio activities supporting gender equality objectives and an increased focus on implementation. (ii) Develop the capacity of World Bank and IFC monitoring and evaluation systems to track and account for complex gender results; incentivize the achievement of outcomes at the operational, country, and corporate levels; and regularly report on progress. (iii) Redefine the current Bank Group gender architecture to specify roles and responsibilities; avoid overlaps and replication of functions; strengthen under resourced tasks, especially implementation of gender-related activities and support to country engagement; improve capacities; and enforce accountability.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099619510292441657/SECBOS1397c5c701719848138977dad76b4
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/IEG193623
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42382
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject	GENDER STRATEGY
dc.subject	GENDER INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	GENDER ARCHITECTURE
dc.subject	PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS
dc.title	An Evaluation of World Bank and International Finance Corporation Engagement of Gender Equality over the Past 10 Years	en
dc.type	Report
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okr.crossref.title	An Evaluation of World Bank and International Finance Corporation Engagement of Gender Equality over the Past 10 Years
okr.date.disclosure	2024-11-07
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-07T08:20:06.060246Z
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okr.date.lastmodified	2024-10-30T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	IEG Evaluation
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/IEG193623
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/IEG193623
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okr.identifier.report	193623
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099619510292441657/pdf/SECBOS1397c5c701719848138977dad76b4.pdf	en
okr.region.geographical	World
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Economics
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Economic Policy
okr.topic	Governance:::Interational Governmental Organizations
okr.unit	IEG Human Dev & Corporate Prog (IEGHC)