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p. 13 of 20 BACK | NEXT I. Country Performance Assessment II. Country Operational Strategy III. Sector Strategies A. Agriculture B. Infrastructure C. Social Infrastructure and Environment D. Governance Dimensions of ADB Operations E. Gender Dimensions of ADB Operations F. Private Sector Operations IV. Regional Cooperation V. Donor Activities and Aid Coordination VI. Cofinancing and Catalyzing External Resources VII. ADB’s Operational Program VIII. Economic and Sector Work Program IX. Local Cost Financing

Country Assistance Plans - Kazakhstan : III. Sector Strategies

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E. Gender Dimensions of ADB Operations

43. The COS contains a succinct assessment of the gender issues during economic transition and calls for promoting gender in education, addressing gender bias in employment, and rationalizing social service provision. An ADB-financed study on the impact of transition on women entitled Women and Gender Relations in Kazakhstan: The Social Cost has been published. ADB will provide a TA grant in 2000 to prepare a poverty analysis that will examine the gender dimensions of poverty and identify options for ADB gender-related assistance. Four loan projects (i.e., an Urban Small Business Development Project, an Early Childhood and Women Development Project, a Rural Employment and Income Generation Sector Development Program, and an Educational Skills Transfers for the New Labor Market Project) and related TA projects have been programmed for 2001-2003 to promote gender development.

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