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Gender sensitive macroeconomics and public policy Ratna M. Sudarshan Director, Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi Kathmandu, May 24-25, 2006.

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1 Gender sensitive macroeconomics and public policy Ratna M. Sudarshan Director, Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi Kathmandu, May 24-25, 2006

2 Mainstream policy approaches  General objective creation of an enabling framework: as in gender mainstreaming, building in gender perspective in all sectoral plans and policies gender budgeting, benefit incidence, budgetary allocations and expenditures gender sensitization, police, administration, judiciary Led from the top

3 Public policy: universal and targeted interventions national programmes – common framework, specified target group- ‘on scale’ Some questions:  Outreach?  Variability in actual outcomes?  How much effect on social norms?

4 Economic policy and gender  Gender differentiated outcomes a result of social norms and intra household issues  Need to work at both ends i.e. Formulate policy with awareness of social norms and likely outcomes Work to change/ modify/ create new norms  Social and economic policy informed by same data

5 What restricts social transformation?  Limited consensus and co-operation Ensuring the target group benefits  EGA – ‘guaranteed Job Card’  Why rent seeking even where the target group is clearly the most vulnerable? Multiple agency, multiple issue interventions  EGA – Panchayat, district administration, NGOs…  Cash for work – roads; assets for development

6 Situating interventions  25 % reservation for ‘poor’ children in private schools: level of preparedness among teachers, school staff, parents and others what will encourage ‘best case’ outcomes?  Children of home based workers Low enrolment/ high drop out linked to hh situation continues, girls more at risk targeting children alone?

7 Home based workers: Linking the economic and social  Shell/ pearl collectors – Bangladesh 72 % started work before the age of 15 92 % are illiterate 100% self employed  Deficits Housing – boat or house? Health – related to work  Social inclusion – health, housing, schooling – requires simultaneous decisions on work, or the development trajectory

8 Enabling consensus  Building upwards local resources, priorities, strategies Social protection/ social policy interventions supported by development trajectory  Investments in community/ collective resources and amenities Spaces (women’s groups, other groups) Environment and habitat

9 Further research  Flagship programmes like MDM, (also EGA) reportedly have very varying outcomes across the country Critical analysis of a sample of locations, understanding reasons behind ‘best’ and ‘worst’ case outcomes Questioning the value of ‘scale’ vs locale specific approaches

10 Further research  Links between habitat/ environment policy and socio-economic outcomes (child health, education, child care, child labour..) Case studies Collective security and community co- operation at basis of social and economic advancement?


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