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Promoting Rural Women's Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies :  Regional

Timetable  |  Financing Plan and TA Utilization


TA Name Promoting Rural Women's Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies
Country Regional
TA Number 6431
Project Number 40308- 01
Fund Source/Amount[Closed]
Gender and Development Cooperation Fund US$600,000
Thematic Classification
Economic growth
Social Development
Gender Equity
Description The goal is to increase women's participation in economic activities especially in poor communities, thereby increasing the community's country's productivity and achieving more inclusive economic growth. The project will work with various partners in preparing pre feasibilty and or feasibility level protect proposals (including for technical assistance capacity building) for developing women led business in poor communities. Preference will be given to locations where these investments may complement other ADB investments such as rural roads and water resource development.
Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy ADB's country partnership strategies for the focus countries reflect the need and commitment to provide policy and program support in agriculture and natural resource management, rural development, and private sector development in varying degrees.

Kyrgyz Republic joint country support strategy (2007¿2010)
Tajikistan country strategy and program (2004¿2008)
Uzbekistan country strategy and program (2006-2010)
Impact Rural women's economic empowerment is enhnaced in selected transition economies
Outcome Progress Toward Outcome
DMC officials and ADB staff gain knowledge about effective ways to promote women's collective efforts as entrepreneurs A regional conference was held in September in Dushanbe to present and discuss the findings of the project and identify entry points to improve opportunities for rural women entrepreneurs.
Outputs and Timeframe Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities and Issues)
Comparative analysis report on constraints to and opportunities for rural women's entrepreneurship
Policy reforms and organizational capacity development
Portfolio of proposals for funding
Summary of TA findings and lessons learned 		All project activities have been concluded in 2010. The situational analysis on constraints and opportunities of rural women entrepreneurs was done in Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The reports as well as the first draft of the comparative analysis ofthe three counrtries were presented at the conference "Women Entrepreneurship" in September 2010 in Dushanbe.The draft report - Comparative Analysis Report on Regional Womens Entrepreneurship in Central - is undergoing final revision for final submission to ADB together with the final project proposals.
Geographical Location Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan
Stakeholder Participation and Consultation
During Project Design During TA fact-finding mission, discussions with the governments, development partners, and civil society organizations at central and provincial, and district levels confirmed the relevance of the proposed activities, impact, outcome, outputs, implementation arrangements, cost estimates, financing arrangements and terms of reference.

Work with women's development agencies and institutions, women business associations, government agencies, NGOs, business development service (BDS) providers, and other development partners in preparing a long list of potential investment and capacity building projects.
During Project Implementation A regional job fair cum workshop to present and disseminate findings and future action for promoting women entrepreneurship beyond provision of credit service
Responsible ADB Officer Susann Roth
Responsible ADB Department Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Responsible ADB Division Poverty Reduction, Gender, and Social Development Div., RSDD
Executing Agencies Asian Development Bank
  Susann Roth
  Social Development Specialist (Gender & Development)
  ADB Headquarters, Manila
  sroth@adb.org
Timetable
Concept Clearance 27 Jul 2006
Fact-finding 12 Aug 2007 to 23 Aug 2007
Approval 12 Dec 2007
Financing Plan / TA Utilization Top TA Amount
ADB Others Gov Total Approved Amount Revised Amount
$0.00 $600,000.00 $0.00 $600,000.00 $600,000.00 $0.00
 Total Commitment Uncommited Balance Total Disbursement Undisbursed Balance
$600,000.00 $0.00 $315,252.86 $284,747.14
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