وفي عام 2001، قام البنك الدولي بتقييم لتعميم مراعاة المنظور الجنساني في ورقات استراتيجية الحد من الفقر نظرا لوجود أدلة على أن التفاوتات بسبب نوع الجنس تبطئ النمو الاقتصادي والحد من الفقر وتتجه إلى أن تكون التفاوتات الأكثر تطرفا في أقل البلدان دخلا وأشد الأسر المعيشية فقرا(25).
In 2001, the World Bank carried out an assessment of gender mainstreaming in the PRSPs because of evidence that gender-based inequalities slow economic growth and poverty reduction and tend to be most extreme in the lowest income countries and poorest households.25 Nineteen interim PRSPs and four full PRSPs were examined to determine the degree to which gender issues were included in the four core elements of the PRSPs (diagnosis; public actions; monitoring; and consultative process) and in the areas of health, nutrition and population; education; labour markets; agriculture; safety nets; infrastructure; governance; and financial services.