Elaine Zuckerman and Wu Qing
Published by the Heinrich Böll
Foundation, 2005
http://www.genderaction.org/publications.htmlIn
"Reforming the World Bank: Will the Gender Strategy Make a Difference? A Study
with China Case Examples," Elaine Zuckerman and Wu Qing assess the effectiveness
of the World Bank's Gender Strategy through interviewing gender experts and
other Bank staff, analyzing the Bank gender strategy, policy and website, and
examining the Bank's investment portfolio in China.
Zuckerman and
Qing's analysis shows that the Bank fails to prioritize gender into its
operations. Gender experts constitute less than one percent of Bank staff
and the majority of Bank employees lack incentives to identify and address
gender gaps because doing so is not mandatory. The authors conclude that
although the Bank has made progress in recognizing the critical role that gender
equality plays in reducing poverty, it does so rhetorically. This will not
change until the Bank provides sufficient funding to expand the number of gender
experts and creates incentives for all staff to engender its
investments.