expert meeting on womens economic empowerment, labour markets, entrepreneurship and inclusive...
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Expert meeting on women’s economic empowerment, labour markets,
entrepreneurship and inclusive growth: towards a research agenda
London, 26-27 January 2012 DFID & IDRC in collaboration with SOAS
Objectives
1. To shape a policy-relevant research agenda
• Agree concepts and debates
• Identify evidence gaps
• Identify key research questions
• Identify a range of research methods
Objectives
2. To explore potential research funding modalities and partnerships
• IDRC’s Supporting Inclusive Growth program• DFID’s Growth Research portfolio
–Growth and Labour Markets in LICs (GLM)–Private Enterprise Development in LICs (PEDL)
• And beyond…??
Objectives
3. To provide opportunity for meeting of minds from southern and northern perspectives and different disciplines
• Complements CIDA/UN Women event• Builds on WDR 2012 on Gender Equality• Complements DCED Women’s
Entrepreneurship Development working group
Outputs
1. Clear policy-relevant research agenda– Based on review of evidence– Clarity on conceptual frameworks and debates– Evidence gaps, incl data gaps identified– Key policy-relevant research questions identified– Range of research methodologies identified– Regional reality checks– Research-policy linkages considered
Outputs
2.Better understanding of how to take agenda forward in IDRC and DFID research programmes
3.Options for new partnerships and funding modalities explored
4.Better understanding of research capacity
5.Stronger networks of researchers
Why IDRC?
• IDRC´s Strategic Framework: women continue to be the most systematically excluded
• Gender to be mainstreamed in all programmes• Supporting Inclusive Growth program (2010-15)
– Mainstreams gender – Programming on women’s economic empowerment
www.idrc.ca/EN/Programs/Social_and_Economic_Policy/Supporting_Inclusive_Growth/Pages/default.aspx
Why IDRC? (2)
SIG program – research that •facilitates growth with decent jobs, labour market dynamics •enhance small and medium sized enterprise development, entrepreneurship, and innovation
In 2012 launch of WEE - global research initiative on women´s economic empowerment, to provide cutting-edge policy advice and strengthen research capacity
Why DFID?
• DFID Business Plan: Wealth Creation; Girls & Women• Strategic Vision for Girls & Women (2011): deliver
results for women & girls; stop poverty before it starts; strengthening economic assets
• Growth Research: ‘Huddle’ consultations on labour markets and PSD research;
WEcEmp (end 2010) – identified gender dimensions Private Enterprise Development in LICs research programme
with CEPR: gender integrated (Nov 2011) Growth and Labour Markets research programme with IZA:
gender sub-theme (Paris, 30 Jan 2012) WB impact of legal reform on women’s economic opportunities
(2011) Gender synthesis of portfolio (2011)
Why DFID? (2)
• Policy-relevant research questions• LIC focus• Research uptake/use of research to inform
evidence-based policy and programmes• Research with impact• Capacity building of southern researchers,
including women researchers• Mandate to integrate gender analysis across
research portfolio + targeted gender research
Why you?
• Opportunity to shape the research agenda• Bring different perspectives – geographical,
disciplinary, policy, research…• Bring deep knowledge of evidence base• Bring huge expertise in a range of research
methodologies and the challenges faced• Create fresh ideas for new research initiatives
and partnerships
Thursday Sessions
09.30-11.30 Setting scene
11:30-11.45 Break
11.45-13.30 Labour markets
13:30-14.30 Lunch
14.30-15.30 Women’s enterprise
15.30-15.45 Break
15.45-17.00 Research funding DFID
Friday Sessions
… building on Thursday
09.00-10.30 Dev. a research agenda
10:30-10.45 Break
10.45-12.15 Regional priorities
12:15-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.00 Research funding
15.00-15.15 Break
15.15-16.30 Conclusions & follow up
Our Approach
• Build understanding, consensus towards outputs • Based on papers/ inputs + experiences• Process
– Presentations– Plenary discussions– Group Activities
• Record of discussions– Plenary ~ audio – Groups ~ your flip chart notes– Copies at end of workshop ~ website
Ground rules?
Who we are
• Name and organisation
• Your questions – one Q per A5 sheet
Select your groups …
… in coffee break
Write your name on the flip chart for group you would like to join
• Session 3 - Labour markets (x 3 groups)• Session 4 - Women’s enterprise (x 4 groups)
Can I have short discussion at the break with all the presenters for today please
Session 2: setting the scene
Paper on WEE by Prof Naila KabeerObjective: Rationale for further research in WEE -
opening up discussion Outputs:
– Concepts, debates, controversies clarified– Evidence, gaps, research questions identified
Process:– Presentation– Discussant - Lindi Hlanze– Q&A– Group Activity
Group discussion
• Working in your table groups• Outputs:
1. Concepts, debates, controversies ~ salient points
2. Evidence, gaps, research questions so far
• List your points on two flip charts• Put your flips up at the back of the room
for all to read in the breakYou have 25 minutes
Session 3: Labour markets
Objective: Develop themes on labour markets
Outputs:– Concepts, debates, controversies clarified– Evidence, gaps, research questions identified
Process:– Presentations x3
James Heintz: macro economics, gender and labour marketsAshwini Deshpande: gender, labour markets and self employmentXiao Yuan Dong: labour and inclusive growth
– Group Activity x 3 groups
Group discussion
• Working in your chosen group
• Outputs: 1. Concepts, debates, controversies
2. Evidence, gaps, research questions so far
• List your points on two flip charts
• Elect one person to read your flip charts in plenary
You have 30 minutes
Session 4: Women’s enterprise
Objective: Develop themes on women’s enterprise
Outputs:– Concepts, debates, controversies clarified– Evidence, gaps, research questions identified
Process:– Presentations x 2
Susan Joekes (DCED)
Mary Hallward-Dreiemier (WB)– Group Activity x 4 groups
Group discussion
• Working in the your chosen group
• Outputs: 1. Concepts, debates, controversies
2. Evidence, gaps, research questions so far
• List your points on two flip charts
• Elect one person to read your flip charts in plenary
You have 20 minutes
Session 5: Research funding
Objective: Explore DFID’s new research programmes
Outputs:– Aware of themes of PEDL and IZA– PEDL and IZA research agenda informed from
gender perspective
Process:– Presentations x2
Chris Woodruff PEDL
David Lam/Janneke Pieters IZA
– Q&A after each presentation