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Gender and Governance Issues in Local Government

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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 service delivery to them.

In this regional technical assistance project, women elected to local government bodies in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan linked the resources of government and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) with their poorest constitutents via a unique framework that applied the three pillars of ADB's poverty reduction strategy (pro-poor, sustainable economic growth; inclusive social development; and good governance) at the grassroots level.

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Contents

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Abbreviations and Acronyms, Foreword, Executive Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction

A Framework for Promoting Gender and Good Governance in Local Government

Chapter 2: Review of Literature

Gender and Development/Gender Mainstreaming

Poverty Reduction

Governance

Chapter 3: ADB’s Approach to Poverty Reduction and Related Objectives

Governance

Inclusive Social Development

Pro-Poor, Sustainable Economic Growth

Chapter 4: The Structure and Implementation of the Project

Monitoring and Evaluation

Chapter 5: Local Government Legislation and Experience

Bangladesh

Nepal

Pakistan

Chapter 6: Capacity Building for Local Representatives

Bangladesh

Nepal

Pakistan

Chapter 7: Project Outcomes

Bangladesh

Nepal

Pakistan

Chapter 8: Lessons Learned and Recommendations

Lessons Learned

Recommendations

Chapter 9: Approaches to Mainstreaming Governance and Gender in Local Government at ADB

References