World Bank2017-09-062017-09-062010https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28131This 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-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS FOR WOMENACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO MARKETSACCESS TO SERVICESACCOUNTABILITYADBADVOCACYAFFIRMATIVE ACTIONBANKING SYSTEMBENEFITS FOR WOMENBOTTLENECKSBUSBUS STATIONSBUS STOPSCITIESCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY ACTIVITIESCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY GROUPSCONFERENCE ON WOMENCOUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENTSCRIMECROSSWALKSDESCRIPTIONDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATORY LAWSDOMESTIC VIOLENCEECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTELECTRICITY SERVICESEMPLOYMENTEMPOWERMENT OF WOMENENGINEERENTREPRENEURSHIPEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEQUITABLE ACCESSFEMALEFEMALE ENGINEERSFUELFUELSGENDERGENDER ACTIONGENDER ANALYSISGENDER BALANCEGENDER BASED DISPARITIESGENDER CONCERNSGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIMENSIONSGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER DISPARITYGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUALITY GOALSGENDER EQUALITY IN ACCESSGENDER EQUALITY ISSUESGENDER FOCAL POINTGENDER FOCUSGENDER IMPACTGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER ISSUESGENDER MAINSTREAMINGGENDER NORMSGENDER POLICYGENDER QUOTASGENDER ROLESGENDER SPECIALISTSGENDER SPECIFICGENDER STRATEGIESGENDER TARGETSGENDER TRAININGGENDER UNITGIRLSGRASSROOTS WOMENHEADS OF HOUSEHOLDSHOMEHOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCEHOUSEHOLDSHUSBANDSINDIGENOUS WOMENINFORMAL EDUCATIONINFORMAL SECTORINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE FINANCINGINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIESINSURANCEINTEGRATION OF GENDERINTERNATIONAL WOMENINTERVENTIONSLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETSLEGAL STATUSLITERACYLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL PARTICIPATIONLOCAL WOMENLOCALITIESMANDATESMARRIED WOMENMICROFINANCEMOBILITYNEIGHBORHOODOPERATING COSTSOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENTPEDESTRIANPEDESTRIAN CROSSINGSPEDESTRIAN NEEDSPOOR WOMENPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITYPROPERTY OWNERSHIPPUBLIC SERVICESRAILWAYREPRESENTATION OF WOMENRESETTLEMENTRESOURCE ALLOCATIONSRESOURCE MOBILIZATIONRING ROADSROADROAD MAINTENANCEROADSROLE OF WOMENRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL ROADSRURAL WOMENSAFETYSANITATIONSAVINGSSELF-HELPSEXSEX WORKERSSHOPSSIDEWALKSSLUMSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSPEED BUMPSSTREET LIGHTINGSTREET LIGHTSSUBSIDIARYSUPPORT SERVICESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETIRESTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTTRANSPORT MEASURESTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICESTRIPSTRUST FUNDSUNDPUNITED NATIONSURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN TRANSPORTVEHICLESVILLAGESVIOLENCEWAGESWALKINGWATER SUPPLYWIDWILLWOMEN ENTREPRENEURSWOMEN IN DEVELOPMENTWOMEN MANAGERSWOMEN'S STATUSYOUNG WOMENYOUTHReportWorld Bank10.1596/28131