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Implementation Review of the Policy on Gender and Development

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Policies and Strategies

Publication Date: November 2006
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This report

  • reviews general trends and prospects related to gender equality in the Asia and Pacific region
  • discusses key elements of the GAD policy and relevant changes in ADB’s strategic framework and structure
  • reviews ADB’s implementation experience in key areas of the GAD policy, and the contribution of various institutional mechanisms to results under the policy
  • provides an overall assessment of ADB’s performance in gender mainstreaming and draws lessons from the experiences of other development institutions
  • outlines steps for improving the scope and quality of ADB’s gender-related work and mechanisms for monitoring progress.

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Contents

Main Report [ PDF: 257kb | 50 pages ]

  1. Introduction


  2. Gender Trends and Issues in Asia and the Pacific


  3. The Gad Policy and its Institutional Context


  4. Implementation Experience


  5. Institutional Support for the Gad Policy


  6. Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming


  7. Future Directions


  8. Conclusion

Appendixes [ PDF: 426kb | 86 pages ]




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