Countries and Regions

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Country Assistance Plans - Solomon Islands : III. Sector Strategies

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F. Gender Dimensions of Asian Development Bank Operations

25. The 1999 ADB-financed public expenditure review, which focuses the health sector, will help to correct the underfunding of rural and preventive health programs which at the moment bears more severely on women than men. Women in particular will benefit from the proposed 2000 project for Population Policy and Services.

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