Author: Theonakhet Saphakdy
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-05-04
Year: 2005
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2005
Examination Committee: Kyoko Kusakabe (Chairperson); Bernadette P. Resurreccion, F.W. Swierczek (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The Governance & Public Administration Reform Project in Lao PDR recognizes that a critical factor in alleviating poverty is the recognition of the role that women can play to support the countrys development and the need for greater equity between men and women. This research was engaged to undertake a study of perceptions of gender and the obstacles preventing gender equity within the organizations. To strengthen the local administration and thus ensure that the benefits of economic growth and modernization are distributed more equally across the country, a systematic process of decentralization is now under way in Lao PDR. Today, national development priorities are centered around rural development and the narrowing of the gap between rural and urban areas, which makes decentralized governance even more important as the missing link between anti-poverty efforts and effective poverty reduction. GPAR Luang Prabang was the first decentralization pilot established under the guidance of the Prime Minister’s Office and the GPAR Central project. It assists the provincial authorities in the design and implementation of a better governance system, featuring accountability, predictability, sound public sector management, optimized service delivery, participation and transparency, in order to provide cost-effective services to the population. How to institutionalize or sustain change related to new perspectives in the practices of governments and other organizations is involved in the development process. The term institutionalization has been widely used in the relation to integration of women or gender into regular development practices. The fact that a women or gender perspective has only very rarely been institutionalized in these practices both the conceptual underpinnings and the practical activities around institutionalization need to be explored. Mainstreaming gender into organization has been detected in this research to understand the current trend and justify the implementing measures along with the organ
Scholarship Donor(s): Government of New Zealand
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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