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