Work is underway to review and update the Bank’s policy state- ments on investment and adjustment lending; these reviews will provide the framework for considering appropriate integration of the gender dimension into these policy statements. Because analytical work and JSAs are central to this strategy, the Bank’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network will play an important role in implementation. Staff from that network, assisted by the Gender and Development Board, will improve the advice given about gender-related issues in the Joint Staff Assessment Guidelines, and will ensure the integration of gender analysis into major country integrative analytical products. Network staff assigned to country teams are also likely to play an.
