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Rapid gender assessments (RGAs) of 12 loans in four countries (Indonesia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and Viet Nam) were undertaken as part of the ongoing commitment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to aid effectiveness and to assessing gender equality results. With three loans selected from various sectors in each country, the RGAs were not designed to meet the broad range of criteria for an evaluation. The aims were to assess the extent to which project-specific gender action plans (GAPs), gender strategies, or specific gender provisions in ADB loans have contributed to gender equality results and overall project outcomes, and to share knowledge on the key features of GAPs and gender provisions that contributed to these results.

The three loan projects assessed in Indonesia were

(i)	Community Empowerment for Rural Development (CERD) project, loan 1765/1766, approved October 2000 for $115 million, completed August 2007;
(ii)	Decentralized Basic Education Project (DBEP), loan 1863, approved November 2001 for $100 million, completed December 2009; and
(iii)	Sustainable Capacity Building for Decentralization (SCBD) project, loan 1964, approved December 2002 for $42.22 million, scheduled for completion in December 2011.

This report is one of four country reports that assess gender equality 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, community, and institutional levels. A synthesis report compares results and summarizes lessons across all four countries. It also provides recommendations to assist ADB to meet its commitments to gender equality as outlined in Strategy 2020: The Long-Term Strategic Framework of the Asian Development Bank 2008–2020 (ADB 2008). This is the second round of RGAs carried out by ADB (RGA-II). The first series (RGA-I) was undertaken in 2004–2005 and reviewed 12 loans in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, and Pakistan.