The initial process of screening and identification can potentially be used to determine key positive and negative impacts of projects on men and women, and gender-specific needs, concerns and priorities related to the project or sector on a preliminary basis.48 This analysis requires the collection of sex-disaggregated baseline data from existing resources, as well as data collected through further research.49
An analysis undertaken at this stage50 can enable governments to identify projects with high gender-specific risks, as well as those with the potential to narrow gender gaps and achieve additional benefits for women, if designed accordingly.51
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48 For example, the National Government Public-Private Partnership Manual, National Government of the Philippines, draft version as of August 4, 2014 (https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/library/national-government-public-private-partnership-manual-draft). Guidelines and Checklists for Gender in Public-Private Partnerships in LAO PDR Grant 0309, draft of August 2014: (https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/library/guidelines-and-checklists-gender-public-private-partnerships-lao-pdr-grant-0309-draft).
49 Although data needs to be collected for the transaction, ideally data is also collected at the country and sector level.
50 The project's potential impacts are typically assessed in more detail at the appraisal stage.
51 One example would be a rural road project where the rehabilitation of rural roads and supported maintenance activities has in many different regions often been successfully combined with interventions to spur female employment and reduce gaps between men and women related to employment, governance and decision-making in rural and regional road projects (see as an example the Peru Decentralized Road Project, described in more detail in Box 4).