Читать книгу Gender Equality Results in ADB Projects - Juliet Hunt - Страница 6

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 assess 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 aim was to assess the extent to which project-specific gender action plans (GAPs) or gender provisions in ADB loans 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 Viet Nam were:

(i)	Central Region Urban Environmental Improvement Project (CRUEIP), loan 2034, approved 8 December 2003 for $44 million, completed 31 December 2009;
(ii)	Health Care in the Central Highlands (HICH) project, loan 2076, approved 6 January 2004 for $20 million, anticipated completion, June 2010; and
(iii)	Upper Secondary Education Development Project (USEDP), loan 1979, approved 7 December 2002 for $55 million, anticipated completion, June 2011.

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