1. Identifying the Gender Dimensions of Your Projects Ruth Meinzen-Dick with Jose Falck-Zepeda, Regina Birner, and Clare Narrod International Food Policy Research Institute

10. Identifying gender issues throughout the project cycle Page

11. Research findings in the policy and project cycles Page Policy Phases Project Cycle Stage General Research Finding Agenda Setting Needs assessment and problem identification Households do not act as one when making decisions Share of resources controlled depends on bargaining power Both local norms and statutory laws determine women’s rights Policy Formulation Project design and formulation Increasing women’s resources controlled by women benefits families Project design features also have gender implications Innovative ways to increase women’s resources have made projects successful

12. Research findings in the policy and project cycles Page Policy Phases Project Cycle Stage General Research Finding Policy Adoption and Policy Implementation Project implementation and monitoring Build gender-sensitive monitoring into project design and implementation Policy Assessment Evaluation Paying attention to gender in program evaluations can improve performance and general development impacts

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