Day 1 Opening Karen Mason 17SEP03

Gender in PRSPsFY03 update : 

Gender in PRSPsFY03 update Karen Mason Director, Gender and Development The World Bank

Methodology : 

Methodology Rated each core PRSP element: diagnosis, public actions, monitoring, and consultative process Also rated each of eight sectors: health, education, labor markets, agriculture, safety nets, infrastructure, governance, and financial services Done in FY00, FY01, FY02 and FY03

Methodology, cont. : 

Methodology, cont. Rating of each element/sector: 0 - No mention of gender issues 1 - Brief mention of gender issues 2 - Gender issues treated with some elaboration Computed averages sectors to get total ratings for each core element Reported here are averages >1.00 (no PRSP had an average above 1.53)

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Percentage of PRSPs with extensive treatment of gender issues, by core element and year CONSULTATIVE PROCESS PUBLIC ACTIONS DIAGNOSIS MONITORING

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Percentage of FY03 PRSPs with extensive analysis of gender issues

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Percentage of FY03 PRSPs with concrete gender actions identified

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Percentage of FY03 PRSPs with extensive monitoring of actions

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PRSPs with extensive treatment of gender issues EXTENSIVE TREATMENT LESS EXTENSIVE TREATMENT FY00 FY03

Two good practice examples : 

Two good practice examples

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Honduras PRSP Detailed poverty analysis based on survey data Gender analysis beyond education and health: Political participation, child labor, gender-based violence, issues related to black and indigenous women, employment trends, labor market conditions Concrete actions identified: Improve land title regulation system and establish legal procedures to address gender inequalities in ownership and access to land Recognized need for sex-disaggregated indicators, especially in sectors other than health and education

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Zambia PRSP Extensive gender analysis based on survey data and national gender policy Gender issues discussed throughout, plus in a separate section on inequalities Gender-responsive actions identified in seven areas beyond health and education, including tourism, natural resource management, and infrastructure Sex-disaggregated indicators used to track progress in most areas where actions were proposed