1. Mayra Buvinic Director, Gender and Development Group World Bank
DIME-GAP Collaboration--
Measuring What Works, What Doesn’t and Why?
gender equality as smart economics
Mayra Buvinic
Director, Gender and Development Group
World Bank

2. GAP Framework Policy level Agency level
Advance women’s economic empowerment
Policy level Agency level
Make markets
work for women
Empower women to compete in markets

3. GAP Framework--at Work in 4 Markets
Policy Level:
Make markets work for women
Agency Level:
Empower women to compete in markets
Product Markets
Include female-owned businesses and farms in supply chains
Form women’s business, purchasing, and transport associations
Financial Markets
Offer commercial credit lines and financial services for women
Support self-help groups and ROSCAs
Land Markets
Promote joint titling to land to enable women to access loans
Ensure women’s participation in land adjudication and registration processes
Labor Markets
Certify good gender practices in firms
Provide labor intermediation services to young women
Infrastructure Increases Access to all 4 Markets

4. GAP Guiding Principles
Selective coverage
Evidence-based
Results-oriented
Relies on incentives

5. GAP History, Funding & Initiatives
GAP is a US$65 million, four-year program, started in January 2007.
Currently 226 initiatives are underway in research and operations.
GAP has invested $1.7 million in DIME collaborations, in ARD and PSD.
Regional IE workshops with TTLs and project Teams, where gender is integrated in learning, and concept note design
Incentive funding to support gender integration in the implementation of projects

6. GAP Allocation by Markets (226 initiatives)
As of January 2010
Note: Includes the Adolescent Girls Initiative ($18.3m) and the Results Based Initiatives ($4.8m).

7. Why does GAP Support DIME?
An effective way to mainstream gender
in line with the GAP objectives and philosophy
Evidence based to influence Bank operations
Use of incentives to strengthen gender mainstreaming
Generation of substantial gender disaggregated data to support broader policy analysis

8. Impact Evaluation Experts
Arianna Legovini
Head, Development Impact Evaluation Initiative (DIME)
Markus Goldstein
Senior Economist, AFPTM
Florence Kondylis
Economist, DIME