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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. Subregional Economic 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 - Mongolia : III. Sector Strategies

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E. Gender Dimensions of ADB Operations

96. In operationalizing ADB’s gender and development strategy for Mongolia, consideration will be given to the severe economic and financial difficulties that the country has been facing as well as the massive economic transformation that the country is going through. Macroeconomic stabilization and structural reforms are key issues affecting the Mongolian gender and development strategy. There are pressing needs in all sectors but financial, institutional and human resources are limited. It is, therefore, necessary to design a well-focused, realistic, and operational gender and development strategy that reflects the current constraints in Mongolia and also ADB’s relative strengths in sectors.

97. The overall objective of ADB’s gender and development strategy is to assist women in adjusting to the transition to a market economy and minimizing social costs. The Education Sector Development Program and the Health Sector Development Program were designed to mitigate social costs associated with staff rationalization plans by developing and financing a comprehensive compensation package to address gender issues specifically and ensure women’s equal access to training and retraining programs. In the Employment Generation Program, access to credit and training has helped to facilitate the adjustment of women to the market-oriented economy. ADB has also supported the social safety net and health and social insurance reforms by better targeting the most vulnerable groups and women. A number of non-government organizations dealing with issues of concern to women have emerged in Mongolia, the services of which can be incorporated in project designs and implementation to enable women to have better access to credit and training. ADB TAs have assisted in developing reliable gender indicators in the national statistics and poverty data. A Gender Issues Paper prepared to assist in the development of the new COS will be published shortly.

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