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Gender Action Report:
World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank: Haiti Post-Earthquake Track
Record on Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development Gender Action's new
report demonstrates that most World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB) post-earthquake investments in Haiti represent lost opportunities to
help Haiti's predominantly poor female farmers, prevent gender-based
violence, and support gender-inclusive development efforts. In the wake of Haiti's
earthquake and with food prices increasing worldwide, Gender Action is
closely monitoring the gender and socioeconomic impacts of recent World Bank
and IDB agriculture and rural development investments. The report, World Bank and
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Haiti Post-Earthquake Track Record on
Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development , reveals that the
majority of the 50 World Bank and IDB post-earthquake grants that were
approved between January and mid-October 2010 neither focus on agriculture and
rural development, nor on the role of women. The report includes
recommendations for the World Bank and the IDB to promote:
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