World Bank Office Bangkok Cambodia and Lao PDR;

Poor countries, eligible for IDA (concessional loans), Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and lending through Poverty Reduction Support CreditsGovernance/accountability issues,

Malaysia, Thailand:Middle incomeMinimal lendingPartnership for analytical work

BurmaNo lending

Regional Gender Coordination for all East Asia

Social Development in East Asia

Inclusion, cohesion, accountability through:Working with civil societySupporting implementation of countries gender policiesSafeguards and development approaches for ethnic minoritiesSocial capital, local governance and institutions

A. Civil SocietyProviding opportunities to participate in policy dialogue through PRSP and consultationsEnhancing social accountability by supporting monitoring by civil society

E.g.Perceptions of Corruption survey by Center for Social Development in Cambodia

Learning more about how small local NGOs work through a small grants program

6 – 8 grantees a year in Cambodia, Thailand and Lao PDR

Civil society assessments to map out partners and capabilities

B. Gender

Country Gender Assessment: together with ADB,UN agencies and bilaterals

Complete for Cambodia, on-going in Lao, Women and Men in Development in Thailand

Gender in policy dialogue, planning and budgetingSupport for PRSP preparation and monitoringGrant-funded project on gender budgeting with UNIFEM in Cambodia

Gender in project implementation:E.g. Land titling projects in Camb and Laos, time use studies for rural livelihoods project, gender and transport workshop in Lao

Support advocacy through small grants program

C. Ethnic Minorities

Safeguards: E.g. Nam Theun 2, roads, health, education,

Capacity building through dialogue on safeguards policies, workshops etc.

Policy Impacts: Impact of policies on ethnic minorities e.g land, village consolidation etc.

D. Social capital, local governance and institutions

Analytical work:Impact of Social Investment Fund on social capital in Thailand

Village dispute resolution and access to justice in Cambodia

Community Driven Development:Implementation support to projects

Regional Gender ProgramSupport Country Gender Coordinators in each country including China, Indonesia, Philippines, and VietnamMostly decentralized to countrySystematic integration in projectsVariable integration in PRSPSome stand alone analytical and projects

Gender assessmentsFemale migrant worker research and widows project in IndonesiaJoint names land certification in VietnamGender monitoring and evaluation in PhilippinesGender and poverty linkages in China