Measuring the Impact of Community-Driven Development Projects on Gender : A Toolkit for the Poverty Reduction Fund, Lao PDR

Community-driven development (CDD) projects seek to empower communities, reduce poverty, and improve economic and social conditions of the poor, typically in rural and remote areas. No less important, CDD also typically addresses two persistent gender gaps: (1) women's lack of voice in public decision making, and (2) their poor access to services and markets. Much of the development community finds CDD to be appealing, and its use is widespread and growing. Nonetheless, the evidence to support the assumption that CDD effectively promotes development and enhances women's opportunities can be strengthened. Although most development projects have monitoring systems, these systems often focus more on outputs and less on outcomes and impacts. Such systems do not provide policymakers, managers, and stakeholders with an understanding of the success or failure of their projects or whether the well-being of the intended beneficiaries has improved.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-10
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO HEALTH, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCESS TO RESOURCES, ACCESS TO SERVICES, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPACITY BUILDING FOR WOMEN, CHILD CARE, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, DECENTRALIZATION, DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS, DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISEASES, DISSEMINATION, DRAINAGE, DRINKING WATER, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC SITUATION, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION FACILITIES, ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT RATES, EQUAL PARTICIPATION, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, ETHNIC GROUP, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXTENSION, FEMALE LEADERS, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, FOOD SECURITY, GENDER, GENDER ACTION, GENDER ANALYSIS, GENDER AWARENESS, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER GAP, GENDER INDICATORS, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENDER RELATIONS, GENDER ROLES, GENDER SPECIALISTS, GENDER TARGETING, GIRLS, HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HOUSEHOLD CHORES, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD TASKS, HOUSEHOLD WORK, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, INCLUSION OF WOMEN, INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES, INCOMES, INFLUENCE OF WOMEN, INFORMATION ON WOMEN, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION OF WOMEN, LACK OF WOMEN, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEGAL STATUS, LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, LEVEL OF POVERTY, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL CAPACITY, LOCAL WOMEN, MALARIA, MARKETING, MATERNAL HEALTH, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MIDWIVES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINORITY, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL POLICIES, NUMBER OF WOMEN, OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN, PARTICIPATION IN DECISION, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PARTICIPATION RATES, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, PESTS, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, POOR HEALTH, POOR WOMEN, POPULATION WORK, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROGRESS, PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY, PROPORTION OF WOMEN, PUBLIC SERVICE, QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RESPECT, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POPULATIONS, RURAL WOMEN, SANITATION, SCHOOLS, SELECTION SYSTEM, SENSITIVE POLICIES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SEX, SEX GROUPS, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL EQUITY, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SPILLOVER, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TEACHERS, TEXTBOOKS, UNIFEM, UNITED NATIONS, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN, VILLAGE CHIEFS, VIOLENCE, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WATER SUPPLY, WOMAN, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, WOMEN IN DECISION MAKING, WOOD, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/561741468046151335/Measuring-the-impact-of-community-driven-development-projects-on-gender-a-toolkit-for-the-Poverty-Reduction-Fund-Lao-PDR http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26873
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