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Making Infrastructure Work for Women and Men: A Review of World Bank Infrastructure Projects (1995-2009)

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2017-09-06T20:49:42Z
dc.date.available 2017-09-06T20:49:42Z
dc.date.issued 2010
dc.description.abstract This report provides a gender review of a decade and a half of World Bank infrastructure lending for 1,246 projects. The objective of this review is to assess the status of and trends in gender integration in the World Bank infrastructure portfolio, and to establish a baseline for monitoring and enhancing gender integration in line with commitments made for the 2006 gender action plan. The portfolio review reveals important progress on gender integration in infrastructure operations. While an average of 14 percent of infrastructure projects in 1995 applied some attention to gender concerns in 1995, this climbed to 36 percent by 2009. The global average, moreover, hides large strides made over time in four regions. In 2009, East Asia and the Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and Africa all included gender concerns in the design of at least 50 percent of their infrastructure projects. Hard work remains in consolidating and extending the gains in gender coverage across the infrastructure portfolio. This will require stronger management commitment, concerted efforts, a plan with targets to achieve sustainable results, resources, specialist staffing, and capacity enhancement of staff. The portfolio review repeatedly found that supporting gender equality and women's empowerment in infrastructure operations have large benefits for the communities; the actions not only increased women's opportunities but also enhanced project effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/240311468330964719/Making-infrastructure-work-for-women-and-man-a-review-of-World-Bank-infrastructure-projects-1995-2009
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28131
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject ACCESS FOR WOMEN
dc.subject ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject ACCESS TO MARKETS
dc.subject ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject ADB
dc.subject ADVOCACY
dc.subject AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
dc.subject BANKING SYSTEM
dc.subject BENEFITS FOR WOMEN
dc.subject BOTTLENECKS
dc.subject BUS
dc.subject BUS STATIONS
dc.subject BUS STOPS
dc.subject CITIES
dc.subject COMMUNITIES
dc.subject COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
dc.subject COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject COMMUNITY GROUPS
dc.subject CONFERENCE ON WOMEN
dc.subject COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject CRIME
dc.subject CROSSWALKS
dc.subject DESCRIPTION
dc.subject DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject DISCRIMINATORY LAWS
dc.subject DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
dc.subject ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
dc.subject ELECTRICITY SERVICES
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
dc.subject ENGINEER
dc.subject ENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subject EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject EQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subject FEMALE
dc.subject FEMALE ENGINEERS
dc.subject FUEL
dc.subject FUELS
dc.subject GENDER
dc.subject GENDER ACTION
dc.subject GENDER ANALYSIS
dc.subject GENDER BALANCE
dc.subject GENDER BASED DISPARITIES
dc.subject GENDER CONCERNS
dc.subject GENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subject GENDER DIMENSIONS
dc.subject GENDER DISPARITIES
dc.subject GENDER DISPARITY
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY GOALS
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY IN ACCESS
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY ISSUES
dc.subject GENDER FOCAL POINT
dc.subject GENDER FOCUS
dc.subject GENDER IMPACT
dc.subject GENDER INEQUALITIES
dc.subject GENDER ISSUES
dc.subject GENDER MAINSTREAMING
dc.subject GENDER NORMS
dc.subject GENDER POLICY
dc.subject GENDER QUOTAS
dc.subject GENDER ROLES
dc.subject GENDER SPECIALISTS
dc.subject GENDER SPECIFIC
dc.subject GENDER STRATEGIES
dc.subject GENDER TARGETS
dc.subject GENDER TRAINING
dc.subject GENDER UNIT
dc.subject GIRLS
dc.subject GRASSROOTS WOMEN
dc.subject HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject HOME
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject HUSBANDS
dc.subject INDIGENOUS WOMEN
dc.subject INFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject INFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INTEGRATION OF GENDER
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL WOMEN
dc.subject INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject LITERACY
dc.subject LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject LOCAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject LOCAL WOMEN
dc.subject LOCALITIES
dc.subject MANDATES
dc.subject MARRIED WOMEN
dc.subject MICROFINANCE
dc.subject MOBILITY
dc.subject NEIGHBORHOOD
dc.subject OPERATING COSTS
dc.subject OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
dc.subject PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
dc.subject PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject PEDESTRIAN
dc.subject PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
dc.subject PEDESTRIAN NEEDS
dc.subject POOR WOMEN
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
dc.subject PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject RAILWAY
dc.subject REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN
dc.subject RESETTLEMENT
dc.subject RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
dc.subject RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
dc.subject RING ROADS
dc.subject ROAD
dc.subject ROAD MAINTENANCE
dc.subject ROADS
dc.subject ROLE OF WOMEN
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject RURAL ROADS
dc.subject RURAL WOMEN
dc.subject SAFETY
dc.subject SANITATION
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SELF-HELP
dc.subject SEX
dc.subject SEX WORKERS
dc.subject SHOPS
dc.subject SIDEWALKS
dc.subject SLUM
dc.subject SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SPEED BUMPS
dc.subject STREET LIGHTING
dc.subject STREET LIGHTS
dc.subject SUBSIDIARY
dc.subject SUPPORT SERVICES
dc.subject TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject TIRES
dc.subject TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject TRANSPORT
dc.subject TRANSPORT MEASURES
dc.subject TRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subject TRANSPORT SERVICES
dc.subject TRIPS
dc.subject TRUST FUNDS
dc.subject UNDP
dc.subject UNITED NATIONS
dc.subject URBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject URBAN TRANSPORT
dc.subject VEHICLES
dc.subject VILLAGES
dc.subject VIOLENCE
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WALKING
dc.subject WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject WID
dc.subject WILL
dc.subject WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subject WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject WOMEN MANAGERS
dc.subject WOMEN'S STATUS
dc.subject YOUNG WOMEN
dc.subject YOUTH
dc.title Making Infrastructure Work for Women and Men en
dc.title.subtitle A Review of World Bank Infrastructure Projects (1995-2009) en
dc.type Report en
dc.type Rapport fr
dc.type Informe es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2011-01-19
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/240311468330964719/Making-infrastructure-work-for-women-and-man-a-review-of-World-Bank-infrastructure-projects-1995-2009
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333037_20110119002341
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 13589227
okr.identifier.report 59079
okr.imported true
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/240311468330964719/pdf/590790WP0Gende1Box0349464B01PUBLIC1.pdf en
okr.topic Gender :: Gender and Law
okr.topic Gender :: Gender and Development
okr.topic Gender :: Gender and Economic Policy
okr.topic Infrastructure Economics and Finance :: Infrastructure Economics
okr.unit Social Development Department (SDV)
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