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Table C.1 Illustrative Examples of Policies and Programs That Address Social Inclusion (continued) Domain of inclusion
Instrument/intervention Use of ICT to disseminate information on inputs and prices
Examples • TradeNet, Africa, a service designed to provide market information through mobile phones • E-choupals, India, a service designed to provide real-time information on agricultural inputs and prices to farmers through village kiosks linked by satellite
Mobile phone applications • Listening to Africa program to monitor outcomes and perceptions Social protection
Social pensions
• South Africa’s old-age pension, which was reformed to include more black beneficiaries
Disability pensions
• Australia, Brazil, Germany, Nepal, and other countries
Water and sanitation Separate toilets for girls in schools
Infrastructure
Assurance of women’s access to irrigated land and water
• All secondary schools in rural areas of Bangladesh have separate toilets for boys and girls • World Bank’s Land Conservation and Smallholder Rehabilitation Project (Ghana) • Spaces for women in water user associations and women as managers of water points (Tanzania)
Women-only transport services
• Belarus, Brazil, Arab Republic of Egypt, India, Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines
Accessible transport, • Building and roads protocols in most buildings, and curb cuts for countries have accessibility as a criterion; people with disabilities best enforced in OECD countries Improvement of safety through street lighting, pedestrian walkways, and crossings
• Urban Infrastructure Project (Bolivia)
Involvement of communities in maintenance of local infrastructure, disaster management, and environmental planning and conservation
• World Bank’s Third Rural Transport Project (Vietnam) • Asian Development Bank’s Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (Indonesia)
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