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What did we learn from integrated poverty and gender assessments in SSA?

What did we learn from integrated poverty and gender assessments in SSA?. Louise Fox May 8, 2012. Mozambique, 2006-7. First major assessment of household welfare by the Bank in MZ Two themes: impact of growth and public spending policies on welfare

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What did we learn from integrated poverty and gender assessments in SSA?

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  1. What did we learn from integrated poverty and gender assessments in SSA? Louise Fox May 8, 2012

  2. Mozambique, 2006-7 • First major assessment of household welfare by the Bank in MZ • Two themes: impact of growth and public spending policies on welfare • Gender disaggregation integrated (no “gender” chapter) • Community, social capital (governance) focus • HIV/Aids • Team: Poverty (TTL), gender, and SDV integrated at all stages

  3. How were the key findings informed by gender lens? • Growth: focus on gendered analysis of household economic activities in each sector + chores • Agriculture becoming feminized, even in peri-urban areas • Public expenditure: Health focused less on inclusion than education: • females benefited more from education than health • Petty corruption, poor governance at local level excluded poor and there were special gender issues • Weak capacity at local level is a big issue

  4. Lesotho, 2007-8 • Significant analysis had been done in the past (CEM, PER, Jobs), but serious data limitations • New data set available • 2006: MCC brought pressure to reform legal code on gender, land • Legal reform a key feature of our analysis, in addition to growth, expenditure review

  5. How were the key findings informed by gender lens? • Legal reform had potential to open up opportunities – but would implementation follow? • Migration history: role reversal • Employment analysis: women and their children benefitting from opportunities in textile industry, public sector • Despite scourge of HIV/Aids in urban areas • HIV/Aids hitting different age groups by gender • Land issues engendered

  6. What was the response from stakeholders ? • Overall, extremely positive. • Gender disaggregation of published household survey data not common in both countries • A lot of material • Hard for stakeholders to digest • Short Policy Notes more effective • Follow-up limited • More action in the sectors than in the PREM (Urban, health) • No further work on legal issues in Lesotho

  7. Lessons learned • Integrated team mainstreamed the issues • Cost of ‘big report’ high; SSA PREM turning to “Economic Update” approach • Sector have to engender their own analysis – what is role of PREM + Poverty?

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