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Regional Seminar: Gender, Poverty and Rural Development
Hanoi, Viet Nam 24-26 March 2004

Purpose

The 3-day seminar was designed for senior Executing Agency staff of DMC governments responsible for implementing ADB assisted loan projects. The focus was on integrating gender issues in the implementation of ongoing loan projects in agriculture, livestock, water resources management and rural infrastructure sectors.

Objectives

• First Day: Provide an overview of ADB's Gender and Development policy, guidance on how to do gender analysis and Gender Action Plans and showcase examples of gender inclusive loan design and implementation.
  
• Second Day: Explore gender issues in more depth in an area of key importance to poverty reduction and rural development: water resources management.
  
• Third Day: Share experiences in designing and implementing gender responsive programs for poverty reduction and rural development focusing on agriculture, livestock, rural infrastructure, rural finance, and governance. The field level experiences will highlight the importance of building a gender responsive environment at policy, institutional and community levels in order to strengthen local ownership and sustainability of rural development.

Outputs/Outcome

The seminar provided project directors with an opportunity to showcase successful gender-inclusive ADB loan projects to participants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam. It also built technical capacity to address gender issues in the agriculture and rural development sectors.

Participants

Participants included representatives from 8 DMCs (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam), including ADB Resident Mission gender specialists.

Seminar Documents

• Agenda
• GAD Policy and Progress
• Gender Analysis and Gender Mainstreaming [ PDF: 146Kb | 3 pages ]
• Rural Infrastructure: Markets and Roads
  • BAN Loan No. 1581: Third Rural Infrastructure Development Project [ PDF: 256Kb | 5 pages ]
  • BAN Loan No. 1952: Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project [ PDF: 97Kb | 2 pages ]
• Rural Poverty Reduction
  • PAK Loan No. 1672: Malakand Rural Development Project [ PDF: 302Kb | 5 pages ]
• Livestock Productivity
  • NEP Loan No. 1461: Third Livestock Development Project [ PDF: 163Kb | 4 pages ]
• Agricultural Diversification: New Inputs and Technology with Extension and Training
  • BAN Loan No. 1782: North West Crop Diversification Project [ PDF: 115Kb | 3 pages ]
• Sharing Good Practices
  • NEP Loan No. 1311: Building Responsive Water User Associations [ PDF: 257Kb | 3 pages ]
  • BAN Loan No. 1381: Second Small Scale Water Resources Sector Development Project [ PDF: 192Kb | 5 pages ]
  • VIE Loan No. 1855: Red River Basin Project [ PDF: 20Kb | 4 pages ]
• Gender Responsive Policy Environment
  • PAK TA 3832: Gender Reform Program [ PDF: 185Kb | 4 pages ]
• Gender Inclusive Sector Strategy
  • VIE TA 3831: Gender Strategy for Agricultural Development [ PDF: 17Kb | 3 pages ]
• Institutionalizing Gender in Executing and Implementing Agencies
  • Local Government Engineering Department
• Facilitating Community Participation and Ownership
  • INO Loan No. 1765/1766: Community Empowerment for Rural Development Project [ PDF: 103Kb | 2 pages ]
• Financial Services for Rural Entrepreneurs
  • UZB JFPR No. 9010: Supporting Innovative Poverty Reduction in Karakalpakstan [ PDF: 94Kb | 2 pages ]
• Building Post Conflict Rural Livelihoods
  • SRI Loan No. 1846: North East Community Restoration and Development Project [ PDF: 162Kb | 4 pages ]