Donor Tracker
an initiative by SEEK Development
Investing in shared prosperity
Financing for women's economic empowerment
Zoe Johnson
>See all publications from this expertKalila Jaeger
>See all publications from this expertHugo Petitjean
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- Despite donors’ policy commitments, women still face barriers to economic freedom
- Using OECD DAC data, we can assess donor funding for gender equality in the economic and productive sectors
- Donors spent US$37.7 billion on projects in the economic and productive sectors in 2018; only 2% went to programming with gender equality as an explicit objective
- Agriculture; transport and storage; and banking and financial services receive the greatest portion of gender-related funding in the economic and productive sectors
- UK, Japan, and Germany are the largest donors to projects targeting gender equality in the economic and productive sectors
- Only five donors spend 5% or more of their economic and productive sector ODA on projects directly empowering women, a critical indicator of real commitment
- Gender equality in focus: Donor efforts towards economic empowerment are hampered by persistent disparities in unpaid care work
- France, the US, and Sweden spend the most on projects with a principal gender focus in the economic and productive sectors
- Given the COVID-19 crisis, donors’ investment in women’s economic empowerment is more critical than ever
The Donor Tracker is an initiative by SEEK Development
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