CDD Initiatives in Mainstreaming Gender in Northeast Brazil

The present study focuses on gender while analyzing the effects of the Rural Poverty Reduction Project (RPRP) on the use of time and income generation as well as on cultural and social capital aspects. The study was based on a pilot project in Rio Grande do Norte designed to reinforce actions of the RPRP's focus on gender. The study should be viewed only as an exploratory evaluation that can be indicative of project effects, since the sample used was small and the time span between the subproject's implementation and the collection of impact data was short (only one year). However, other measures in the methodology guarantee a satisfactory minimum level of rigorousness in the evaluation, such as the comparison to a control group taken from a pipeline population of potential beneficiaries and a before-and-after approach to the analysis. The integration of gender concerns into World Bank poverty-reducing programs has been implemented by promoting inclusive development, ensuring that both women and men have a voice in the development of their community and benefit from new development opportunities. Part of this strategy is to advance women's economic empowerment by enhancing their ability to participate in land, labor, financial, and product markets. The current study was conducted simultaneously with the pilot project in order to document its results and, when possible, draw lessons that could be helpful in new operations. The study estimates, on a preliminary basis, how community investments that save women's time in household activities by themselves or combined with investments in production create the enabling environment for women's economic empowerment and, eventually, help reduce poverty.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Amazonas, Fatima, Barbosa, Tulio, Costa, Alberto, Romano, Claudia
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-12
Subjects:	ACCESS OF WOMEN, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL BREEDING, ANTHROPOLOGIST, CLIENT COUNTRIES, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, CULTURAL NORMS, DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DISEASES, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN, ETHNIC GROUPS, FAMILIES, FAMILY INCOME, FAMILY PROPERTY, FEMALE, FIRST GENERATION, GENDER, GENDER ACTION, GENDER BIAS, GENDER COMPOSITION, GENDER CONCERNS, GENDER DISPARITY, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER FOCAL POINTS, GENDER IMBALANCES, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENDER PERSPECTIVE, GENDER SPECIALIST, GIRLS, HOME, HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY, HOUSEHOLD WORK, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSING, HUSBAND, HUSBANDS, INCOMES, INHABITANTS, INSURANCE, INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION OF GENDER, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, LABOR MARKET, LEGAL STATUS, LITERACY, LIVESTOCK, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCALITIES, MARRIAGES, OLDER WOMEN, OPPOSITE SEX, PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, POOR RURAL WOMEN, POWER, RESIDENCE, RURAL AREA, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY, SEX, SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, SOCIETIES, SOCIETY, STATISTICS ON WOMEN, WATER COLLECTION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WILL, WOMAN, WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/642771468017073302/Community-driven-development-CDD-initiatives-in-mainstreaming-gender-in-Northeast-Brazil-an-exploratory-case-study https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27438
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