2019-2020 evaluation report: gender focus

The third part of the 2019-2020 evaluation report, devoted to gender, explains how evaluation contributes to the reduction of gender inequalities. In 2014, AFD adopted its first strategy to reduce gender inequalities. Seven years later, evaluations, featuring examples on the ground in Vietnam, Lebanon and Morocco, are showing the first effects of gender mainstreaming in AFD projects. Though there are still challenges in advancing further on this theme, preliminary results of the evaluation of the accounting for gender in AFD projects (2014-2018), just prior to finalization, show significant progress in gender mainstreaming in the portfolio of funded projects.