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dc.titleHow to Integrate a Gender Approach in the Infrastructure Sector?: Infrastructure for Development Special Number No. 2
dc.contributor.authorDe Waziers, Benedicte
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Olga
dc.contributor.orgunitInfrastructure and Energy Sector
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2020-06-19T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-06-19T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractSufficient availability of infrastructure services is a basic pillar of sustainable development: it reduces poverty, spurs economic growth, fosters social inclusion, and improves quality of life. These are compelling arguments for taking a gender perspective when designing infrastructure services, a strategy that increases the social return on those investments. However, infrastructure services provide many benefits, but gender dimensions lag behind when it comes to LAC's infrastructure agenda. This report explores the effects that a gender approach to infrastructure could have on Latin American economies and societies. In order to achieve this, we first explore the relation that exists between infrastructure and needs related to gender, to continue on how this has an impact in womens quality of life. Secondly we describe the current situation and future landscape of the inclusion of a gender approach in five specific sectors: Water and Sanitation; Energy; Extractive industries; Transportation and Social Infrastructure. Finally, we analyze infrastructure projects financed by the IDB under four axis: 1. Equal opportunities in the professional sphere; 2. Institutional strengthening with a gender approach; 3. Creation of equal opportunities for productive development and; 4. Access to infrastructure for gender equality.
dc.format.extent31
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002462
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/How-to-Integrate-a-Gender-Approach-in-the-Infrastructure-Sector-Infrastructure-for-Development-Special-Number-No.-2.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Como-integrar-el-enfoque-de-genero-en-el-sector-de-infraestructura-Numero-especial-de-Infraestructura-para-el-desarrollo.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectGender Gap
dc.subjectSustainable Development
dc.subjectWater and Sanitation
dc.subjectFemale Representation
dc.subjectGender and Employment
dc.subjectFemale Labor Force
dc.subjectExtractive Industry
dc.subjectGender Policy
dc.subjectSanitation Service
dc.subjectEnergy and Mining
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subjectMode of Transport
dc.subject.jelcodeI24 - Education and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeH54 - Infrastructures • Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
dc.subject.jelcodeI25 - Education and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeL72 - Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Other Nonrenewable Resources
dc.subject.jelcodeO13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products
dc.subject.jelcodeL95 - Gas Utilities • Pipelines • Water Utilities
dc.subject.jelcodeO18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis • Housing • Infrastructure
dc.subject.jelcodeR41 - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion • Travel Time • Safety and Accidents • Transportation Noise
dc.subject.jelcodeQ4 - Energy
dc.subject.jelcodeR42 - Government and Private Investment Analysis • Road Maintenance • Transportation Planning
dc.subject.jelcodeL92 - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
dc.subject.jelcodeL91 - Transportation: General
dc.subject.jelcodeL94 - Electric Utilities
dc.subject.jelcodeI14 - Health and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeO1 - Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeD63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
dc.subject.jelcodeI15 - Health and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeN76 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.jelcodeL71 - Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels
dc.subject.jelcodeN7 - Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services
dc.typeMonographs
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-00819
idb.operationRG-K1401
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