Gender in PRSPs FY03 update

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Gender in PRSPsFY03 update

• Karen Mason
• Director, Gender and Development
• The World Bank

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Methodology

• Rated each core PRSP element diagnosis, public
  actions, monitoring, and consultative process
• Also rated each of eight sectors health,
  education, labor markets, agriculture, safety
  nets, infrastructure, governance, and financial
  services
• Done in FY00, FY01, FY02 and FY03

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Methodology, cont.

• Rating of each element/sector
• 0 - No mention of gender issues
• 1 - Brief mention of gender issues
• 2 - Gender issues treated with some
  elaboration
• Computed averages sectors to get total ratings
  for each core element
• Reported here are averages gt1.00 (no PRSP had an
  average above 1.53)

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Percentage of PRSPs with extensive treatment of
gender issues, by core element and year
CONSULTATIVE PROCESS
PUBLIC ACTIONS
DIAGNOSIS
MONITORING
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Percentage of FY03 PRSPs with extensive analysis
of gender issues
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Percentage of FY03 PRSPs with concrete gender
actions identified
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Percentage of FY03 PRSPs with extensive
monitoring of actions
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PRSPs with extensive treatment of gender issues
EXTENSIVE TREATMENT
LESS EXTENSIVE TREATMENT
FY00
FY03
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Two good practice examples
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Honduras PRSP

• Detailed poverty analysis based on survey data
• Gender analysis beyond education and health
• Political participation, child labor,
  gender-based violence, issues related to black
  and indigenous women, employment trends, labor
  market conditions
• Concrete actions identified
• Improve land title regulation system and
  establish legal procedures to address gender
  inequalities in ownership and access to land
• Recognized need for sex-disaggregated indicators,
  especially in sectors other than health and
  education

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Zambia PRSP

• Extensive gender analysis based on survey data
  and national gender policy
• Gender issues discussed throughout, plus in a
  separate section on inequalities
• Gender-responsive actions identified in seven
  areas beyond health and education, including
  tourism, natural resource management, and
  infrastructure
• Sex-disaggregated indicators used to track
  progress in most areas where actions were
  proposed