Description:
This evaluation, which covers the period
fiscal 2002-08, finds that the Bank made progress in gender
integration, compared with an earlier evaluation by the
Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) on gender covering the
period fiscal 1990-99. Gender integration into Bank support
increased both in quantity and in scope, and more than half
of relevant projects integrated gender concerns. This
evaluation recommends several actions to regain and sustain
the momentum of gender integration that was evident in the
first half of the evaluation period. These include
redoubling efforts to institutionalize the accountability
framework and develop the monitoring system envisioned in
the 2001 gender strategy, establishing a results framework,
and restoring a broader requirement for gender integration
at the project level.