Trade and competitiveness global practice gender practice note : FY17-20

This practice note identifies several operational options to test, scale and replicate. Underlying theses interventions is a commitment to building a foundational knowledge store of data, analytics and diagnostics, so that T&C can understand the unique needs of women more deeply and what works in practice for them. Achieving progress in gender equality requires empowering gender champions within the practice to carry forward this vision and appropriately incentivizing them, as well as all T&C staff who embrace the agenda. It requires a commitment to not only scaling promising interventions, but regularly testing new ones. Lastly, it requires appropriate financing, building an appropriate results measurement framework and communications strategy to share what works in this critically important field once the strategy set forth in this practice note is approved by T&C management, annual work plans will be developed, financed and implemented, and a robust results framework created.