{"id":198,"date":"2023-01-24T13:49:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T18:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:02:49","slug":"wid-issues-in-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/wid-issues-in-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1211\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/files\/wid5-1024x341.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/files\/wid5-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/files\/wid5-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/files\/wid5-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/files\/wid5-414x138.jpg 414w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/files\/wid5-940x313.jpg 940w, https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/files\/wid5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Women in Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women in Development (WID) Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Numbers after publications link to locations in the Publications and Reports page<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">For a definition of all acronyms used on this page, <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/acronyms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women in Development (WID) strategy development for country programs and development projects\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Publications: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4.1.A, 4.1.B<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design of training and reporting modules to build staff and local community capacity on the special opportunities and challenges faced by women on donor-funded projects\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Publication: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4.2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WID expert on 10+ evaluation and design missions and 10+ environmental assessment and evaluation missions\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Publications:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Program Assessments and Evaluations: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2.5, 2.8, 2.11, 2.16<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Bank: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book Chapters: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9.2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Articles and technical papers on WID issues (20+)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Publications:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8.5, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book Chapters : <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9.2, 9.5, 9.11, 9.13<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of WID issues in development policy document for OCP river basin development\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Publication: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9.5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experience with the design and evaluation of projects to promote women&#8217;s issues in post-conflict settings (Iraq and Angola)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Publications:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Other Documents Produced for USAID and USAID-Funded Projects and Programs: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3.4.1, 3.4.2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8.5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WID Consultant MCC\/Burkina Faso, 2009-2012\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Publications: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/dellam\/publications-and-reports\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4.1.A, 4.1.B, 4.8<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women in Development (WID) Assignments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"custom-zebra-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Topic\/Sector\/Donor<\/th>\n<th>Activity and Period<\/th>\n<th>Countries<\/th>\n<th>Agency<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" class=\"section-banner\">WID Integration Strategies and Sector Reviews for Projects and Programs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Integration Plan<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>With I. Kabre co-produced MCA-BF\u2019s first WID Integration Action Plan (Plan d\u2019Action pour l\u2019int\u00e9gration du Genre or PAIG) (2010)<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<td>MCC-BF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sector Reviews<\/strong><br><em>Agriculture, Roads, Rural Land Governance<\/em><\/td>\n<td>With I. Kabre co-facilitated WID focal points associated with each sector intervention producing a baseline WID diagnostic of the MCA Compact Agreement (2011)<\/td>\n<td>MCC-BF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sector Reviews<\/strong><br>Rural Land Governance<\/td>\n<td>Led three-person national team charged with increasing the capacity of ongoing and new World Bank funded programs in Burkina Faso to address WID issues (1992)<\/td>\n<td>Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<td>World Bank Office and UNDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" class=\"section-banner\">Resettlement and New Lands Settlement Planning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>OCP River Basins<\/em><\/td>\n<td>Policy paper  on WID issues in OCP settlement and development (1994)<\/td>\n<td>11 countries of West Africa<\/td>\n<td>World Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em> <\/em><\/td>\n<td>Longitudinal research on the direct and indirect impacts of sponsored and spontaneous settlement in the OCP river basins on women and their families (1980-2000)<\/td>\n<td>11 countries of West Africa with the strongest emphasis on Burkina Faso followed by Mali, Togo and Ghana<\/td>\n<td>World Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>MCA-BF (Millennium Challenge Account of Burkina Faso)<\/em><\/td>\n<td>(1) Routine monitoring of the WID issues in the Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) for Burkina Faso\u2019s Compact agreement with the US government through MCC (2009-2012)<br>(2) Design of an internal training module on WID issues and resettlement, based on MCA\/BF experience (2012)<\/td>\n<td>Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<td>MCC-BF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>MCA-Mali<\/em><\/td>\n<td>Member of three person team responsible for advising MCC and the Mali government on the key issues what would need to be considered in the evaluation of a MCC-funded irrigation and resettlement scheme with a special focus on women&#8217;s issues (2007)<\/td>\n<td>Mali<\/td>\n<td>Abt Associates for MCC-Mali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Office du Niger<\/em><\/td>\n<td>WID review of the Environmental Assessment of a proposed loan for the rehabilitation of the Office du Niger and development of new small irrigation perimeters (2000)<\/td>\n<td>Mali<\/td>\n<td>Buursink International Consultants for the World Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" class=\"section-banner\">Project and Program  Designs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em> <\/em><\/td>\n<td>Participated in initial design of World WID Fellowship Program for USAID based at the University of Florida that sponsored internships for US professionals in US funded NGO and non-NGO initiatives (1996-1997)<\/td>\n<td>Worldwide<\/td>\n<td>University of Florida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Facilitated the development of programs to promote social equity in agricultural research and extension programs in areas characterized by semi-arid agriculture in Africa\u2019s Horn (2000)<\/td>\n<td>(1) Direct fieldwork: Uganda, Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia<br>(2) Based on literature review and interviews: Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">INTSORMIL for IGAD (Inter-governmental Authority for Development) and USAID<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>(1) Preparation of a Keynote Presentation on Extension and Human Resource Issues (with an emphasis on WID) associated with semi-arid agriculture in the Seven-Country IGAD country Zone in East Africa\u2019s Horn<br>(2) Preparation of two draft proposals for USAID from IGAD for a regional human resource development project (with a emphasis on WID) and a second focused on the national extension services (INTSORMIL and IGAD for USAID) (1999-2000)<\/td>\n<td>Kenya for the IGAD region (Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Designed the rural component of a \u201cNational Program for Improving Living conditions,\u201d and two special programs focused on rural and urban women as part of the eight-person team that designed Burkina Faso\u2019s National Action Plan for the Environment (NEAP) (1990)<\/td>\n<td>Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<td>Buursink International Consultants for the World Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" class=\"section-banner\">Post-Conflict Transition and Redevelopment Programs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Participated in four person team to identify ways that WID issues could be better addressed in USAID\u2019s post-conflict strategy and programming in Angola (1997)<\/td>\n<td>Angola<\/td>\n<td>DAI for USAID<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>WID analysis associated with final report on the Community Stabilization Programme (2009-2010)<\/td>\n<td>Iraq<\/td>\n<td>IRD for USAID<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" class=\"section-banner\">Due Diligence Assessments of Program Proposals and Strategies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>WID specialist on six-person team for social and environmental assessment for Inter-American Development Bank Agriculture and Trade policy loan (1998)<\/td>\n<td>Suriname<\/td>\n<td>Buursink International Consultants for the Inter-American Development Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Preparation of annotated bibliography and CD based library of all WID due diligence on the MCC Compact Agreement with Burkina (2010)<\/td>\n<td>Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<td>MCC-BF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>WID specialist on three-person mid-term assessment team of the three principal contracts associated with USAID\/Mali\u2019s Accelerated Economic Growth (AEG) strategic objective (2005)<\/td>\n<td>Mali<\/td>\n<td>USAID\/Mali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Review and revision of the Environmental Assessment of a proposed loan for the rehabilitation of the Office du Niger and development of new small irrigation perimeters (2000)<\/td>\n<td>Mali<\/td>\n<td>Buursink International Consultants for the World Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Primary responsibility for WID, NGO and extension analysis, shared responsibility (with Eliud Omolo and John Sanders) for design and execution of a six-country field study of and opportunities for extending higher yielding crop technologies into semi-arid areas of East Africa (1999-2000)<\/td>\n<td>Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia,  Sudan,<br>Djibouti<\/td>\n<td>IGAD and USAID<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Led four-person team charged with evaluating World Bank assistance for health and education development and urban infrastructure sectors in Burkina  as well as Bank-wide initiatives to reduce poverty and WID inequality as part of the Burkina Country Assistance Review (CAR)<\/td>\n<td>Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<td>World Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" class=\"section-banner\">Training  and Module Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Senior Training Facilitator for the MCC Capacity Building in Social and WID Integration for MCA-Accountable Entities and Implementing Partners Project (2010)<\/td>\n<td>All MCC Countries in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe,Asia<\/td>\n<td>MCC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>In collaboration with F. 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