Beyond Quality at Entry : Portfolio Review on Gender Implementation of Agriculture Projects (FY08-13)

Mollard, Ingrid ; Brearley, Emily ; Vyzaki, Marialena ; Taivalmaa, Sanna-Liisa

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT;    AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION;    COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;    DESCRIPTION;    DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS;   

RP-ID  :  94753

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study was to gobeyond a standard gender review of project design toincrease knowledge of how and to what extent World Bankagriculture projects address gender issues duringimplementation. The study introduces a tool to track gendermainstreaming in the implementation phase of a project. Thetool is then used to review the portfolio of currentagriculture projects, establish a baseline, and suggesttargets for gender mainstreaming for the future portfolio.There is a need to move beyond quality at entry to have amore realistic picture of gender mainstreaming in projects.The Agriculture Action Plan (2013-15) explicitly emphasizesthe importance of reducing gender inequality in access toassets, services, collective action, and opportunities. Theplan specifies key actions to increase the share ofagriculture and rural development projects by 2015. Thatwill (1) include gender analysis in its design, with atarget of 100 percent, and (2) include gender mainstreamingin all three dimensions of design (analysis, actions, andME), with a target of 75 percent. The reason for the 75percent target is that gender analysis conducted at entry,for a relatively small set of projects, can reveal thatgender specific actions and related ME are not needed. Thefocus on all three elements of design raises the bar for anagriculture project beyond the World Bank standard ofsatisfactorily addressing at least one of these elements. Inaddition, from FY15, all agriculture projects will bereviewed by the Gender team in the Agriculture GlobalPractice (GFADR) in terms of gender mainstreaming at conceptnote, preparation, and appraisal stages. This reviewindicates that a rating of gender Informed at entry is noguarantee that a project will successfully mainstream genderduring implementation, although it is a good basis forsuccess. In addition, this review shows that it is criticalto track gender mainstreaming throughout the project cycleto identify gaps and opportunities in real time. Finally,the review shows that if a project neglects gender duringthe design phase, it can still catch up during implementation.