INTEGRATING GENDER INTO WORLD BANK FINANCED TRANSPORT PROGRAMS

The World Bank in November 2001 commissioned IC Net Limited of Japan to carry out a study
titled “Integrating Gender into World Bank Financed Transport Programs” in accord with the terms
of reference (TOR) issued in June 2001. The study was financed by a grant from the Japanese Large
Studies Trust Fund. The contract came into effect on 15 December 2001 and covers the period to 15
June 2004. IC Net was to work in association with TRL Limited and the International Forum for
Rural Transport and Development, both of the United Kingdom.
The TOR defines the overall objective of the study as follows: “to assist the World Bank and other
international development agencies, developing country governments and NGOs, to improve the
efficiency and equity of transport policies and programs through ensuring that projects respond to
the needs of both women and men”