Since the 1980s, the Bank has made progress in integrating gen- der issues into country work and lending, particularly in education and health. For example, between 1995 and 2000 the Bank lent more than $ billion for girls’ education programs, and was also the single largest lender in the world for health, nutrition, and pop- ulation projects, three-quarters of which contained gender-respon- sive actions. Attention to gender issues in World Bank Country Assistance Strategies (CASs) also increased during this period. Sever- al organizational changes designed to facilitate greater attention to gender and development issues were also made, including issuing an Operational Policy on the gender dimension of development in 1994, and.
