Evaluation of whether project-specific gender action plans (GAPs) and strategies improved project implementation, outreach, and results for women in Nepal. This report assesses results in the following areas: participation in project activities: access to resources: practical benefits delivered to women: and changes in gender relations at individual, household, or community levels.
Evaluation of whether project-specific gender action plans (GAPs) and strategies improved project implementation, outreach, and results for women in Pakistan. Two loan projects and one policy loan were assessed: Malakand Rural Development Project (MRDP), Women’s Health Project (WHP) and Decentralization Support Program (DSP).
This paper deals with the socioeconomic status of Malaysian women. It describes the recent trends of the female labor force participation, the areas where the female labor force is concentrated at present, and gender differentials in wages, and it contains recommendations to improve women’s status through their participation in economic development. It focuses on the need to enhance the educational and health opportunities for Malaysian women. It analyzes national Women in Development (WID) policies and the national machinery related to WID, and the Bank’s WID strategy in terms of its pipeline of technical assistance (TA) and loan projects.