Asian Donor Support for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Comparative Experience, Challenges, and Opportunities

Eugenia McGill

No wp-2013-138, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Since the 1990s, gender mainstreaming has been a widely accepted strategy for promoting gender equality within governments, multilateral agencies, and development NGOs, although critics continue to question its premises and results. This paper reviews how the development agencies of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea, as well as the Asian Development Bank, have sought to promote gender equality through their activities, and considers lessons that can be drawn from their experience.

Keywords: Comparative economics; Economic assistance and foreign aid; Economic development; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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