National Poverty Reduction Strategies Fund

TA 6177: Mainstreaming Gender into Poverty Reduction Strategies in Central Asia Region - Regional
Financed by the Cooperation Fund in Support of the Formulation and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies

Project Summary

Evidence is growing that gender-inclusive development strategies contribute significantly to economic growth, poverty reduction, as well as to equity objectives by ensuring that all groups of beneficiaries share development benefits. Yet, differences between men and women's needs are often not fully recognized in poverty analysis and are frequently not taken into consideration in designing and implementing of NPRSs and CSPs.

The technical assistance (TA) aims to contribute to the poverty reduction goal of four selected countries in the Central Asia Regions (CARs) - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan - by supporting their governments in identifying key gender issues for poverty reduction and strengthening their capacities to implement the gender and development (GAD) strategies. The objectives are to improve the quality of NPRS by identifying and implementing policies and programs that will benefit both men and women and maximize potential benefits to the poor.

The key outputs are:

• DMCs assessment of the gender dimensions of poverty and development of strategic interventions to address those dimensions
• Interventions for potential ADB financing to address the gender dimensions of poverty
• Strategic papers on gender
• Strengthened capacity of governments of the DMCs to monitor and evaluate gender impacts and ADB's poverty reduction strategy.

• TA Report [ PDF: 2,389kb | 17 pages ]
• TACR [ PDF: 36kb | 2 pages ]
• Country Gender Assessments
• Azerbaijan
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyz
• Tajikistan
• Central Asian Republics: Gender Assessment Synthesis Report
• News and Events [ PDF: 757kb | 13 pages ]
• Case Study [ PDF: 113kb | 3 pages ]