Mainstreaming Gender into Extractive Industries Projects : Guidance Note for Task Team Leaders

Extractive industries (EI) can bring many positive development impacts to the communities involved, but also have the potential to create or exacerbate vulnerabilities within these communities. Benefits and risks are often evaluated and measured at the community level, with little examination of the different impacts on men and women. In fact, evidence suggests that a gender bias exists in the distribution of risks and benefits in EI projects: benefits accrue to men in the form of employment and compensation, while the costs, such as family and social disruption, and environmental degradation, fall most heavily on women. Despite the ample evidence of gender bias, and its implications, in EI, there is significant scope for increasing the gender focus of most EI projects in the World Bank. Analyzing and adapting projects to local gender issues can help to mitigate the risks created by EI, and amplify the potential benefits to both men and women, leading to increased profitability and more sustainable development impacts. Furthermore, understanding and adapting projects to improve gender sensitivity is essential to realizing the Bank's stated commitment to both mainstreaming gender and to the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of gender equality and empowerment of women. The following guidelines briefly outline some of the ways that EI can impact men and women differently and the associated development implications, and provide step by step suggestions for how to understand and integrate gender issues into World Bank Group EI project design.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Eftimie, Adriana, Heller, Katherine, Strongman, John
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-08
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL, ACQUISITION, ACQUISITIONS, ADVANCED ECONOMIES, AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS, ALUMINUM, BALANCE SHEETS, BANK BORROWING, BANKING SYSTEMS, BANKS, BASE METALS, BAUXITE, BOND, BOND ISSUES, BOND MARKET, BORROWING COSTS, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, BUSINESS PERFORMANCE, CADASTRE, CAPITAL MARKETS, CASH FLOWS, CASM, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, COAL, COBALT, COLLATERAL, COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COMMODITY PRICE, COMMODITY PRICES, CONSOLIDATION, COOPERATION AGREEMENT, COOPERATION AGREEMENTS, COPPER, COPPER MINES, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, CORPORATION, CORPORATIONS, CREDIT RATING, CURRENCY, DEPOSIT, DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS, DEPOSITS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPING COUNTRY ECONOMIES, DEVELOPMENT BANK, DIAMONDS, DIRECT INVESTMENT, DOMESTIC MARKETS, ECONOMIC CRISIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EITI, EMERGING ECONOMIES, EMERGING ECONOMY, EMERGING MARKET, EMERGING MARKET COMPANIES, EMERGING MARKETS, EQUITY INVESTORS, EQUITY MARKETS, EXPLORATION EXPENDITURE, EXPOSURE, EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE, FINANCE CORPORATION, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL WEAKNESS, FOREIGN INVESTORS, FOREIGN MINING, FULL DISCLOSURE, GAS, GAS FLARING REDUCTION, GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION, GEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GLOBAL INVESTOR, GLOBALIZATION, GOLD, GOLD MINE, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE PRACTICES, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, HOLDING, HOST COUNTRIES, INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, INTERESTED PARTIES, INTERESTS OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS, INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL, INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INVESTMENT ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT CORPORATION, INVESTMENT FLOWS, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, IRON, IRON ORE, JOINT VENTURE, LARGE COMPANIES, LARGE MINING, LARGE SHAREHOLDERS, LEGAL AUTHORITY, LIBERALIZATION, LIBERALIZATIONS, LOCAL COMPANIES, MARKET CAPITALIZATION, MARKET DOWNTURN, MARKET ENVIRONMENT, MARKET SHARES, METALS, MINERAL CONCESSIONS, MINERAL PRODUCTION, MINERAL RESERVES, MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RIGHTS, MINERALOGY, MINERALS, MINERALS INDUSTRY, MINING ASSETS, MINING COMPANIES, MINING COMPANY, MINING INDUSTRY, MINING INTERESTS, MINING INVESTMENT, MINING OPERATIONS, MINING POLICY, MINING PROJECT, MINING SECTOR, MOLYBDENUM, NATIONAL SECURITY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NICKEL, NONFERROUS METAL MINING, OGMC, OIL, OIL COMPANIES, OIL PRICE, ORES, OUTPUT, PALLADIUM, PERSONAL FINANCES, PLATINUM, PORTFOLIO, POTASH, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PRINCIPAL ASSETS, PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH, PRIVATIZATION, PRIVATIZATIONS, PROFITABILITY, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY REGIME, REORGANIZATION, RETURN, RISK CAPITAL, RISK PROFILE, RISK PROFILES, SAVINGS, SHARE PRICE, SHAREHOLDER, SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT, SHAREHOLDERS, SHAREHOLDING, SILVER, SMALL-SCALE, SMALL-SCALE MINERS, SMALL-SCALE MINING, SMALLER COMPANIES, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS, SOCIETY, SPECULATION, STATE BANKS, STATE-OWNED COMPANIES, STEEL, STOCK EXCHANGE, STOCK MARKET, STOCK MARKETS, STOCKS, SUBSIDIARY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TAKEOVER, TAKEOVER BID, TAX, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TITANIUM, TRACK RECORDS, TRADING, TRADING SYSTEM, TRANSPARENCY, TRUST FUND, UNION, URANIUM, VALUATION, WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT, ZINC,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/11215244/mainstreaming-gender-extractive-industries-projects-guidance-note-task-team-leaders http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18235
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