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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449687003321

Titolo

Evaluating a decade of World Bank gender policy, 1990-99 [[electronic resource] /] / World Bank Operations Evaluation Department

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2005

ISBN

1-280-24515-8

9786610245154

0-8213-6218-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (126 p.)

Collana

Operations Evaluation Studies

Disciplina

338.91/1724/082

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Developing countries - Evaluation

Women in development - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-101).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Executive Summary; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary; 1 Introduction; Boxes; 2 Evaluating the Bank's Gender Policy; Tables; Figures; 3 Relevance of the Bank Gender Policy; 4 How Has the Bank Implemented Its Gender Policy?; 5 Implementing and Operationalizing the Gender Policy: Why Has the Process Been Slow?; 6 Results of the Bank's Gender Policy; 7 Conclusions; Annexes; Endnotes; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

As part of the Bank's poverty reduction mandate, the Bank's 1994 Operational Policy on Gender Dimensions of Development aimed to reduce gender disparity and increase the participation of women in the economic development of their countries. This evaluation examines the relevance and results of this policy.