Budget Justification
FY 2001

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ACTIVITY DATA SHEET PROGRAM: Central Programs TITLE AND NUMBER: Gender-based constraints to economic growth policies and programs increasingly addressed, 941-001 STATUS: Continuing PLANNED FY 2000 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,440,000 DA PROPOSED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,440,000 DA INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1995; ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2003 Summary: This program, which corresponds to the Agency goal "broad-based economic growth and agricultural development encouraged," stresses the importance of full participation of women as well as men, to achieve broad-based, equitable, and sustainable growth. During the past year, the statement of this objective was refined to "achieving improvements in women's economic status by working with policy makers". Increasing policy makers' understanding of the constraints to gender-based participation in economic growth will result in policies and programs that are more inclusive and provide improvements in the economic status of women. Global's Office of Women in Development (G/WID) uses three types of activities to achieve this objective: direct engagement of policy makers; strengthening the capacity of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other partners to address women's economic issues; and support for high-quality research on gender-based constraints to economic growth, including policy implications. The program works through USAID field missions and other operating units as well as directly with public and private sector policy makers. Key Results: Three key intermediate results (IRs) are necessary to achieve this objective: (1) increased engagement of policy makers in addressing gender issues in economic growth; (2) increased effectiveness of NGOs and other partners in addressing women's economic issues; and (3) increased knowledge and skills to deal with gender issues affecting economic growth. Performance and Prospects: Performance over the past year was measured according to the indicators listed under the previous statement of the objective. Performance exceeded expectations on all key indicators at both the objective and IR level. At the objective level, G/WID increased national, regional or local recognition of gender-based constraints to economic development in 18 countries, exceeding the target of 15. The engagement of policy makers was increased through 40 high visibility fora for dialogue on women's economic status among NGOs, host country government officials, and business leaders. Topics included women's roles in transition economies (Russia, Ukraine), constraints that affect agricultural production (Kenya), women's formal sector employment (Russia, Bangladesh), and access to credit, markets and vocational training (Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Senegal). The effectiveness of NGOs in addressing women's economic issues was increased by supporting over 30 NGO interventions, focused on improving women's economic status; and knowledge and skills were increased by supporting the production of over 25 peer-reviewed publications, research reports, and conference papers on women's economic status. Possible Adjustments to Plans: This objective was refined in FY 1998 to adjust the indicators by which the results are measured, placing the emphasis more directly on measurement of impact rather than on measurement of output. G/WID does not foresee further adjustments at this time. Other Donor Programs: WID's participation on the Working Group for Poverty Reduction of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Development Assistance Committee (OECD/DAC), the President's Inter-Agency Committee on Food Security, and the Working Group of the President's Inter-Agency Council on Women in the Global Economy complements the activities outlined here for achievement of the objective through direct collaboration with these donor organizations and other agencies of the U.S. Government (U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Labor) involved in similar programs. Principal Contractors, Grantees or Agencies: Current grantees and contractors include DevTech Systems, Inc.; a consortium led by Development Alternatives, Inc.; the International Food Policy Research Institute; Winrock International; the International Center for Research on Women; and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne. Several of these awards will end this year and new awards will be made to supplant those activities. Selected Performance Measures: (1997) Baseline (1998)* Actual   (1999) Target (2000) Target (2001) Target (2002) Target Number of countries with increased national, regional, or local recognition of gender-based constraints to economic development. 10 18 20 23 24 25 Number of fora established for dialogue among WID cooperating NGOs and other partners and host country government officials and business leaders. 16 42 26 10 10 10 Number of peer-reviewed publications, research reports, and conference papers. 14 26 22 20 10 6 *FY 1998 actuals are based on WID's original strategy which was revised in FY 1999 to better reflect accomplishments under revised intermediate results. U.S. Financing Table for 941-001 (Microsoft Excel Document - 28 kb)

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