Gender in PRSPs FY03 update Karen Mason Director, Gender and Development The World Bank

Methodology  Rated each core PRSP element: diagnosis, public actions, monitoring, and consultative process  Also rated each of eight sectors: health, education, labor markets, agriculture, safety nets, infrastructure, governance, and financial services  Done in FY00, FY01, FY02 and FY03

Methodology, cont.  Rating of each element/sector: 0 - No mention of gender issues 1 - Brief mention of gender issues 2 - Gender issues treated with some elaboration  Computed averages sectors to get total ratings for each core element  Reported here are averages >1.00 (no PRSP had an average above 1.53)

Percentage of PRSPs with extensive treatment of gender issues, by core element and year CONSULTATIVE PROCESS PUBLIC ACTIONS DIAGNOSIS MONITORING

Percentage of FY03 PRSPs with extensive analysis of gender issues

Percentage of FY03 PRSPs with concrete gender actions identified

Percentage of FY03 PRSPs with extensive monitoring of actions

PRSPs with extensive treatment of gender issues EXTENSIVE TREATMENT LESS EXTENSIVE TREATMENT FY00FY03

Two good practice examples

Honduras PRSP  Detailed poverty analysis based on survey data  Gender analysis beyond education and health: Political participation, child labor, gender-based violence, issues related to black and indigenous women, employment trends, labor market conditions  Concrete actions identified: Improve land title regulation system and establish legal procedures to address gender inequalities in ownership and access to land  Recognized need for sex-disaggregated indicators, especially in sectors other than health and education

Zambia PRSP  Extensive gender analysis based on survey data and national gender policy  Gender issues discussed throughout, plus in a separate section on inequalities  Gender-responsive actions identified in seven areas beyond health and education, including tourism, natural resource management, and infrastructure  Sex-disaggregated indicators used to track progress in most areas where actions were proposed