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Policy on Gender and Development : Overview of Bank policy and operations on WID (1985-1996)

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Gender considerations in ADB’s macroeconomic work

27. The inclusion of gender considerations in ADB’s macroeconomic work is seen as the key to ensuring that gender issues are systematically addressed in all ADB operations, as it is the country operational strategy that sets the stage for future ADB activities in a DMC. Hence, a women in development country briefing paper (WID CBP)¹² is now prepared concurrently with the COSS to ensure mainstreaming of gender considerations. In addition, the COSS now includes, as an appendix, a separate strategy for women that clearly identifies and elaborates how ADB intends to operationalize the SDO of improving the status of women in the individual DMC. The WID CBP also serves as a background document for guiding ADB operations in the DMC during the strategy period. Since 1993, all county operational strategies have overtly integrated gender considerations.

28. To facilitate greater attention to social and gender issues in ADB’s macroeconomic work, especially the COSSs, and programming work, as part of its 1995 reorganization, ADB created six economist (social sector) positions in the Programs Departments.

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