Gender issues should be incorporated within the program’s M&E framework at the output and outcome levels. Table 8.1 provides a template for incorporating gender in indicators typically used in secured lending reform programs.
Table 8.1.
Indicator/Data Required Gender Focus (Gender-Disaggregation) Source of Data
Output Indicators
Number of operational •
manuals produced Training and outreach •
Qualitative indicator: gender-inclusive •
focus (customer service); gender issues articulated and addressed Core indicator: number and/or •
percentage of men and women participating or benefiting Manuals produced • Agency management • FGDs •
Interviews with businesswomen •
Workshops and outreach events to disseminate the new secured transactions reform and registry
Gender disaggregate the data on • participants FGDs • Agency management •
Women’s business associations •
Sample surveys •
Outcome Indicators
Changes in laws, regulationsand procedures that discriminate against women
Do women have to obtain husband •
or other male permission to engage in business transactions (including opening a bank account or securing a loan)?
FGDs •
Women’s business associations •
Women’s legal rights •
NGOs •
Country legal and social analysis •
Average number of days to file a
security interest • Number of days disaggregated by gender of business owner • • Tracking surveyAgency management
Regulatory Impact Assessmen Survey •
FGDs •
Women’s businesses and associations •
Average official cost to file a
security interest • Cost disaggregated by gender of business owner (to capture corruption or other differences)
Corruption incidence disaggregated •
by gender of business owner
Tracking survey •
Agency management •
Regulatory Impact Assessment Survey •
FGDs •
Women’s businesses and associations •
Movable property registry
established or became operational • Percentage of filings of borrower • • Agency managementFGDs
Women’s businesses and associations •
Improved user perceptions of
services provided • Disaggregate by gender • • Agency managementRegulatory Impact Assessment Survey FGDs
•
Women’s businesses and associations •
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