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

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C. Gender considerations in recruitment and staffing

38. ADB has achieved the quantitative target of 100 women professional staff by the end of 1996. In December 1997, the number of women professional staff had increased from 33 in 1990, representing 5.46% of all professional staff, to 111, which was 16.52% of the total. Committed to achieving a critical mass in women’s representation, ADB will intensify its efforts to (i) recruit women for under-represented skill areas, (ii) maintain Management’s lead in balanced distribution of women in departments/ offices, and (iii) further improve the work environment for the retention and promotion of women.

39. On the recruitment front, identifying women candidates at various levels for under-represented skill areas will remain a major focus. Costeffective avenues in networking and resourcing with internal and external recruitment contacts will be explored further. With regard to the retention and promotion of women, several policy initiatives will be further strengthened. They include increasing the number of women in manager training courses and implementing an individual career counseling service. ADB’s human resource policies will be reviewed periodically, and more responsive programs will be provided to increase the number of women professional staff and to place more women in higher positions.

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