Independent Evaluation Group World Bank November 11, 2010

1. Evaluation of Bank Support for Gender and Development Independent Evaluation Group World Bank November 11, 2010

2. Why Monitor and Evaluate Gender? “ We measure what we value, and value what we measure” (UN 2001) • Commitment for gender equality reflected in a policy • Feedback on Bank policies to the Bank Board • Informs managers and other stakeholders whether the intervention is meeting its objectives • Accountability for implementation of gender policy • Demonstration of results and learning of lessons

3. Bank’s Gender Objectives • Gender equality is an instrument for the Bank for enhancing poverty alleviation and economic growth • To enhance client ownership 2002 Bank’s Gender Strategy states a clear process to identify country-level objectives • Other Sector Strategies recommend project-level integration

4. Four-Step Process for Gender Integration at the Country-Level

5. Why are Objectives Important?

6. Preparation is Essential • Scope of the evaluation (time & coverage) • Aggregation level – unit of account • Evaluation framework – why? what? how? • Familiarize with other gender evaluations • Availability of resources • Money, time, and skills • Dissemination plans • Formulate evaluation matrix

7. Frame Evaluation Questions

8. Evaluation Methods

9. Evaluation Results Framework

10. Challenges of a Gender Evaluation Weak availability of gender-related data Triangulation becomes critical Rating system Aggregation from project to country level Assessing Results Before and after With and Without Setting benchmarks for gender integration is challenging but possible

11. Sample Findings and Lessons • Accountability • Scope & quality of gender integration improved and expanded between 2002 and 2008 over the nineties • Implementation of the Bank’s gender policy, initially strong, weakened between fiscal 2006 and 2008 • Lessons • A results framework helps to enhance accountability and guides staff • Integrating gender delivers better gender –related results • A multisectoral approach is more effective (eg., Reducing maternal mortality) • Strategic support for gender-aware policies and institutions must accompany project or sector-specific interventions

12. Recommendations • Improve implementation of the Bank’s Gender Policy by: • Establishing a results framework • Establishing and implementing a realistic action plan for completing or updating country-level diagnostics, Restore a sector- and/or project-level entry point. • Establish clear management accountability to monitor the extent to which Bank work • Strengthen the incentives for effective gender-related actions in client countries bto strengthen the collection, analysis, and dissemination of sex-disaggregated, gender-relevant data and statistics.

13. So What Changed? • Regional VPs have instructed all Country Directors to integrate gender into their CASs • Reinstated monitoring the number of diagnostics being conducted • Several regions have established gender action plans • IEG is also looking into how gender is being addressed in its project-level reviews • Disseminating the message on results framework through a variety of activities

14. Report available on: http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/gender/