The legal review will analyze whether all aspects of the project are permitted by law, the parties involved in the project are legally empowered to do what they will need to do under the project, and the agreements that will be required can be made legally binding on all parties concerned.
From a gender perspective, the following legal aspects need to be assessed to identify legal obstacles, risks and opportunities for women and girls:
• Regulatory licensing and tariff setting schemes that might disadvantage women;
• Monopoly rights of infrastructure providers that may exclude small-scale options that are beneficial for poor men and women;
• Discriminatory legal and compensation regimes in the case of resettlement and loss of livelihood; and
• Labor-law provisions that promote women's employment, and local content provisions that benefit women and women-owned businesses.56
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56 For more details see 2. b., "Enabling Environment."