The Inclusive and Equitable Local Development Programme, 2017-2020

Direct beneficiaries of the IELD Programme are women associations, women entrepreneurs, farmer associations and industry associations who will benefit from direct support of the programme. Local governments and the private sector will also benefit from capacity-building and the creation of a more enabling environment for inclusive local development.

Tanzania, Bangladesh and Uganda have been selected as pilot countries to start with. As a global programme, IELD aims to be active in 15 countries and systematically grow the country presence leading to ultimately 48 least developed countries.

• Women have greater access to information and have better ability to develop effective business enterprises.
• Barriers to women’s economic empowerment reduced and enabling environment for women’s local economic empowerment created.
• Domestic financing unlocked and increased for gender sensitive local basic services and local economic development.
• Successful Cooperation between UN Agencies demonstrating increased effectiveness and efficiency to achieve development results.
  

Resultados previstos:  

• Barriers to women’s economic empowerment identified at the local level.
• Policy makers supported to mainstream gender in local government plans, budgets, and investments.
• Capacity of business regulatory bodies and financial institutions to simplify regulation and increase outreach to women strengthened.
• Capacity of women entrepreneurs and women's business associations strengthened.
• The midterm review informs the strategy to bring the program at scale with an adequate resource mobilization.
  

Resultados de las fases anteriores:   N/A