Trade and Gender in LDCs - UNCTAD and EIF

MTAVARES1 — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:25:00 +0000

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Link to an External Document

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UNCTAD and EIF

Document Summary:

Women across countries and regions face many obstacles that hamper their capacity to fully benefit from international trade and more generally from their participation in the economy. In the case of Least Developed Countries, such obstacles are magnified by persistent and acute development challenges that include high levels of poverty, deficient infrastructure, limited productive capacities, and a mostly low-skilled labour force. Structural transformation and a fruitful integration into the global economy are still quite limited in most LDCs, despite many years of duty-free, quota-free access to some major international markets and aid commitments by donor countries. This joint UNCTAD-EIF publication discusses the gender implications of international trade and regional/global economic integration in the LDCs. It examines the socio-economic outlook of LDCs and existing gender inequalities through country perspectives, and puts forth policy recommendations. It covers 47 countries from different geographical regions (33 from Africa, 9 from Asia, 4 from the Pacific, and 1 from the Caribbean). This publication is part of a portfolio of case studies prepared by UNCTAD in the framework of its capacity building initiative on trade and gender. It is also the basis for an online course on trade and gender specifically dedicated to the LDCs context.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, 08 June 2021

UNCTAD and EIF

Document Topic/Theme:

Trade

Gender

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UN and WTO reports and publications

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2021

The Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund - Exploring the Gender Dimensions of Climate Finance Mechanisms - GGCA and UNDP

MTAVARES1 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +0000

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Link to an External Document

Author:

Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) and UNDP

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In recent years, the GEF has made demonstrable progress in mainstreaming gender in the LDCF and SCCF. According to the 2008 GEF self-assessment ‘Mainstreaming Gender at the GEF’, 68 out of 172 GEF projects reviewed contained examples of gender mainstreaming activities.8 However, it was deemed to be the result of “individual interest and efforts rather than … a corporate approach backed by institutional systems and mechanisms” regarding gender.9 Similarly, the 2009 gender-mainstreaming evaluation of the GEF, prepared as part of the ‘Fourth Overall Performance Study’, noted that gender mainstreaming at the GEF was at an “embryonic stage,” relying mostly on its two main implementing partners (The World Bank and UNDP) to mainstream gender in GEF-funded projects.10 By the end of 2010, however, the GEF had taken clear steps towards systematizing mainstreaming gender in its programmes in general and in the LDCF and SCCF in particular. The ‘Updated ResultsBased Management Framework’ for the two funds, adopted at the November 2010 GEF Council meeting, contains indicators newly disaggregated by sex.11 In addition, the ‘2010 Revised Programming Strategy’ for the LDCF and SCCF states that the funds will 1) encourage implementing agencies to conduct gender analyses; 2) require vulnerability analyses to take gender into account; and 3) integrate gender as appropriate in all results frameworks and in updated operational guidance materials.12 Complementing this revised strategy, a new ‘GEF Policy on Gender Mainstreaming’ was approved by the GEF Council in May 2011, with the objective of achieving gender equity within GEF operations.13 As highlighted by the ‘Revised Programming Strategy’, the LDCF and SCCF benefit from this policy as it developed “specific operational guidance for strengthening socio-economic and gender analysis and identifying appropriate indicators,” which inform and “become part of project design requirements and part of project review criteria.”14 The new endorsement templates and review criteria for the LDCF and SCCF place a strong emphasis on gender equality issues, reflecting progress towards incorporating a gender perspective throughout the two Funds.

Tags:

Gender

Climate

LDCF

SCCF

NAPAs

UNFCCC

UNDP

GGCA

Publication Date:

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) and UNDP

Document Topic/Theme:

Gender

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Articles, policy briefs, working papers, op-eds, project reports, blogs

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2011

LDC Portal - International Support Measures for Least Developed Countries - Gender

Trade and Gender in LDCs - UNCTAD and EIF

The Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund - Exploring the Gender Dimensions of Climate Finance Mechanisms - GGCA and UNDP