GENDER EQUALITY RESULTS IN ADB PROJECTS

       Indonesia Country Report

       Kate Nethercott

       Ruly Marianti

       Juliet Hunt

      Asian Development Bank

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      Nethercott, Kate, et al.

      Gender equality results in ADB projects: Indonesia country report.

      Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2010.

      1. Gender equality. 2. Asian Development Bank. 3. Indonesia. I. Asian Development Bank.

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      Acknowledgments

      This report is one of a series of four country reports and one synthesis report presenting findings of the rapid gender assessment of selected loan projects financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in four developing member countries: Indonesia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and Viet Nam. This series follows the first round of rapid gender assessments, which were carried out in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, and Pakistan in 2004–2005. This report was prepared under the overall guidance of Shireen Lateef, director, Social Sectors, Southeast Asia Department, and chair, Gender Equity Community of Practice, Asian Development Bank (ADB); and Sonomi Tanaka, principal social development specialist (gender and development), ADB. A national dissemination workshop was conducted in Jakarta on 10 November 2009.

      The authors acknowledge the assistance provided by staff and consultants working on the projects included in this assessment, including from the ministries and provincial departments of education and home affairs. ADB team leaders, including Jean-Marie Lacombe, Laksminingsih Munandar, P. P. Wardani, and Wendy Duncan, also provided much assistance. The authors also acknowledge the assistance provided by Christa Monster and Christien Hukom from the Royal Netherlands Embassy and project gender advisers Sita Aripurnami and Endah Nurdiana. The authors also thank all ADB staff who provided valuable feedback and comments on the rapid gender assessment report during its development. Aldrin Roco assisted in production.

      The authors hope that the report will be useful to governments, nongovernment organizations, development practitioners, researchers, and other individuals working in the field of gender and development.

      Abbreviations

      Currency Equivalents

      (at 15 October 2008)

      Currency Unit – rupiah (Rp)

      Rp1.00 = $0.0001 $1.00 = Rp9,795

      Executive Summary

      Rapid Gender Assessments

      Rapid gender assessments (RGAs) of 12 loans in four countries (Indonesia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and Viet Nam) were undertaken as part of the ongoing commitment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to aid effectiveness and to assessing gender equality results. With three loans selected from various sectors in each country, the RGAs were not designed to meet the broad range of criteria for an evaluation. The aims were to assess the extent to which project-specific gender action plans (GAPs), gender strategies, or specific gender provisions in ADB loans have contributed to gender equality results and overall project outcomes, and to share knowledge on the key features of GAPs and gender provisions that contributed to these results.

      The three loan projects assessed in Indonesia were

      This report is one of four country reports that assess gender equality results in the following areas: participation in project activities; access to resources; practical benefits delivered to women; and changes in gender relations at individual, household, community, and institutional levels. A synthesis report compares results and summarizes lessons across all four countries. It also provides recommendations to assist ADB to meet its commitments to gender equality as outlined in Strategy 2020: The Long-Term Strategic Framework of the Asian Development Bank 2008–2020 (ADB 2008). This is the second round of RGAs carried out by ADB (RGA-II). The first series (RGA-I) was undertaken in 2004–2005 and reviewed