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Assessing the Effectiveness of World Bank Investments: the Gender Dimension

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  • Claire Lauterbach
  • Elaine Zuckerman

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Today it is widely acknowledged that increasing the gender sensitivity of development aid increases its effectiveness. This report evaluates the extent to which the World Bank integrates gender concerns into its policies and investments, pointing out structural, financial and policy gaps that risk negatively impacting women in countries with Bank investments.

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  • Claire Lauterbach & Elaine Zuckerman, 2013. "Assessing the Effectiveness of World Bank Investments: the Gender Dimension," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2013-017, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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