Publication: Gender in Energy Interventions in Fragile and Conflict Situations in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Insights from Iraq, Lebanon, Republic of Yemen, and the West Bank and Gaza
Date
2020-06
ISSN
Published
2020-06
Author(s)
Maier, Elisabeth
Constant, Samantha
Ahmad, Ali
Abstract
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
is home to some of the most fragile situations and
conflict-affected population in the world. With one in five
people in the region living near conflict, nearly half of
the economies of the MENA region are classified as fragile
and conflict situations (FCSs). In such challenging
contexts, the provision of basic and essential services,
such as electricity, becomes a priority to mitigate the
heavy burden of conflict and instability, particularly on
the most vulnerable women and men, who are affected in
different ways. The objective of this report is to advance
the understanding of the gender-energy-fragility nexus, with
a focus on some of MENA’s fragile and conflict situations,
namely, Iraq, Lebanon, Republic of Yemen, and the West Bank
and Gaza. The research and data cover (i) an overview (and
typology)of the gender, energy, and fragility landscapes in
the studied countries, (ii) related evidence and analytics
drawn from the World Bank’s energy interventions and
operations in the MENA region, and (iii) distilled policy
recommendations tailored to the contexts of the examined countries.
Citation
“Maier, Elisabeth; Constant, Samantha; Ahmad, Ali. 2020. Gender in Energy Interventions in Fragile and Conflict Situations in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Insights from Iraq, Lebanon, Republic of Yemen, and the West Bank and Gaza. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34036 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”