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World Bank Office Bangkok

World Bank Office Bangkok . Cambodia and Lao PDR; Poor countries, eligible for IDA (concessional loans), Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and lending through Poverty Reduction Support Credits Governance/accountability issues, Malaysia, Thailand: Middle income Minimal lending

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World Bank Office Bangkok

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  1. World Bank Office Bangkok • Cambodia and Lao PDR; • Poor countries, eligible for IDA (concessional loans), • Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and lending through Poverty Reduction Support Credits • Governance/accountability issues, • Malaysia, Thailand: • Middle income • Minimal lending • Partnership for analytical work • Burma • No lending • Regional Gender Coordination for all East Asia

  2. Social Development in East Asia Inclusion, cohesion, accountability through: • Working with civil society • Supporting implementation of countries gender policies • Safeguards and development approaches for ethnic minorities • Social capital, local governance and institutions

  3. A. Civil Society • Providing opportunities to participate in policy dialogue through PRSP and consultations • Enhancing social accountability by supporting monitoring by civil society • E.g.Perceptions of Corruption survey by Center for Social Development in Cambodia • Learning more about how small local NGOs work through a small grants program • 6 – 8 grantees a year in Cambodia, Thailand and Lao PDR • Civil society assessments to map out partners and capabilities

  4. B. Gender • Country Gender Assessment: together with ADB,UN agencies and bilaterals • Complete for Cambodia, on-going in Lao, Women and Men in Development in Thailand • Gender in policy dialogue, planning and budgeting • Support for PRSP preparation and monitoring • Grant-funded project on gender budgeting with UNIFEM in Cambodia • Gender in project implementation: • E.g. Land titling projects in Camb and Laos, time use studies for rural livelihoods project, gender and transport workshop in Lao • Support advocacy through small grants program

  5. C. Ethnic Minorities • Safeguards: • E.g. Nam Theun 2, roads, health, education, • Capacity building through dialogue on safeguards policies, workshops etc. • Policy Impacts: • Impact of policies on ethnic minorities e.g land, village consolidation etc.

  6. D. Social capital, local governance and institutions • Analytical work: • Impact of Social Investment Fund on social capital in Thailand • Village dispute resolution and access to justice in Cambodia • Community Driven Development: • Implementation support to projects

  7. Regional Gender Program • Support Country Gender Coordinators in each country including China, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam • Mostly decentralized to country • Systematic integration in projects • Variable integration in PRSP • Some stand alone analytical and projects • Gender assessments • Female migrant worker research and widows project in Indonesia • Joint names land certification in Vietnam • Gender monitoring and evaluation in Philippines • Gender and poverty linkages in China

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