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ADB Review [ June 2005 ]

ADB Publishes Gender Strategy for the Lao PDR

ADB prepares country gender assessments and strategies as part of the country strategy and program process. The most recent release in this series is Lao PDR: Gender, Poverty, and the MDGs. The strategy notes that the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is undergoing rapid change that will further intensify as road networks improve and interregional commerce expands. These changes, it is observed, are already having profound effects on economic activities and social norms. The strategy makes recommendations for ADB’s future country strategy and program for the Lao PDR. In particular, it recommends the adoption of gender-inclusive approaches in each of the ADB-supported sectors. For more information, contact Shireen Lateef at slateef@adb.org.

Regional Report Explores Gender and Governance in Local Government

Reducing poverty requires considerable efforts to improve the participation of women and the poor in local governance and resource mobilization, and to increase the effectiveness of public sector delivery to them. With support of ADB regional technical assistance, women elected to local bodies in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan linked the resources of government and NGOs with their poorest constituents through framework that applied three pillars of the ADB’s Poverty Reduction Strategy at the grassroots level. The project framework combined an interface among women representatives, government officials, and poor constituents with social mobilization and capacity building. The framework was designed to improve the effectiveness of women representatives and empower them to represent their poor constituents and deliver the services and opportunities they so desperately need. For more information, contact Monawar Sultana at msultana@adb.org.

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