Global programs / Women in development technical assistance (WIDTECH)

Women in development technical assistance (WIDTECH)

Research presented at two conferences on women and work in the Third World indicates that the number of women workers in national and international industries has increased dramatically, thus increasing not only women's wage-earning… DEC abstract (PN-AAN-463)

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191 facts shown; 1 unconfirmed link; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 162 documents cite this program.

The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.

The WIDTECH project, funded by the Office of Women in Development of USAID, is to provide technical assistance and training to USAID bureaus and missions.1 The program is described in the source as a Women in Development Technical Assistance Project.2

Source: generated from documents. Each number opens the page it was written from.

Operated in: Latin America, Kenya, Guatemala, Peru, El Salvador, Brazil, Mali, Angola, Morocco, Middle East, Eritrea, Uganda, Caribbean, Tunisia, Nepal, Honduras, Mexico, Asia, Ghana, West Africa, Rwanda, Poland, South Africa, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Benin, Romania, Arab countries, New Independent States.

Years: 1986 to 2004 award start, end from document years
Implementer: Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI); International Center for Research on Women (ICRW); Consortium for International Development (CID); and 22 more 96 sources
Funder or award: USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Ofc. of Women in Development; FAO-0100-C-6005; FAO-C-96-90005
Purpose: Not available yet: the program's stated purpose has not been read from its documents.

Also regional, not drawn: Latin America (1983 to 2003); Middle East (1983 to 1997); Caribbean (1988 to 1999); Asia (1992 to 2000); West Africa (1989 to 2000); Arab countries (1983 to 1995); New Independent States (1994 to 1998).

Latin America 1983 to 2003
1992 to 2003
1997 to 2003
1995 to 2003
1999 to 2003
1997 to 2003
2002
1997 to 2001
1995 to 2002
Middle East 1983 to 1997
1992 to 2002
1999 to 2002
Caribbean 1988 to 1999
1994 to 1995
1997 to 2001
2002 to 2003
1983 to 1997
Asia 1992 to 2000
1992 to 2002
West Africa 1989 to 2000
1999 to 2002
1995 to 2001
1998 to 1999
1983 to 2002
2002 to 2004
1983 to 2000
2001 to 2002
2000 to 2002
Arab countries 1983 to 1995
New Independent States 1994 to 1998

Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents

Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.

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Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: region or province, district; squares are facilities.

Region or province · 196 mentions · 1999 to 2002
Region or province · 117 mentions · 2001 to 2003
Region or province · 14 mentions · 2002
Region or province · 9 mentions · 2001 to 2003
Region or province · 8 mentions · 2002 to 2003
Region or province · 6 mentions · 2001 to 2003
District · 5 mentions · 2001 to 2003
Region or province · 5 mentions · 2001 to 2003

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Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule

When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years

Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.

Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year

Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records

Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field

Organizations named on this program's documents.
Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI)	implementer	1997 to 2003	Stated in a document	96 sources
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)	implementer	1997 to 2002	Stated in a document	13 sources

Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records

Basis: read from a record field

Awards this program is funded through (identifiers, not amounts).
Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
FAO-0100-C-6005 (contract, fiscal year not recorded)	1997 to 2003	Stated in a document	71 sources
FAO-C-96-90005 (contract, FY1996)	1997 to 2003	Stated in a document	71 sources

Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags

Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets

Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents

Evaluation studies and evaluation-stage documents, by title and year. Findings not extracted yet.
Title	Year	Document	Why listed
Assessment of gender reporting in the Africa Bureau's FY93 assessment of program impact (API) documents	1994	PD-ABM-585	evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier)
Gender issues and socio-economic research in KARI [Kenya Agricultural Research Institute] : mid-term evaluation of the USAID NARP [national agricultural research project] II	1995	PD-ABM-469	evaluation-stage document (eval midterm, weak classifier)
Evaluation of USAID/OTI's women in transition initiative in Rwanda	1999	PD-ABS-264	linked as an evaluation of this program

Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.

Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library

Organizations named on this program's documents.
Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
DevTech Systems, Inc.	implementer	1997 to 1998	Stated in a document	3 sources
Harvard University. Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID)	implementer	1982 to 1983	Stated in a document	2 sources
League of Women Voters. Overseas Education Fund	implementer	1982	Stated in a document	2 sources
Women, Law and Development International	implementer	1998 to 1999	Stated in a document	2 sources
University of Arizona. Dept. of Anthropology	implementer	1995	Stated in a document	1 source
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)	implementer	2004	Stated in a document	1 source
Population Council	implementer	1992	Stated in a document	1 source
World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU)	implementer	1981	Stated in a document	1 source
U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Bur. of the Census (BUCEN)	implementer	1995	Stated in a document	1 source
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)	implementer	1992	Stated in a document	1 source
University of Idaho. College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences. Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station	implementer	1983	Stated in a document	1 source
University of California, Berkeley. Center for the Study, Education and Advancement of Women	implementer	1983	Stated in a document	1 source
InterAction	implementer	1994	Stated in a document	1 source
Mobility International USA (MIUSA)	implementer	2001	Stated in a document	1 source
University of Arizona	implementer	1993	Stated in a document	1 source
Egerton University. Center for Women's Studies and Gender Analysis	implementer	1992	Stated in a document	1 source
Stichting to Promote Women's World Banking	implementer	1985	Stated in a document	1 source

Host-government counterparts, with their role text.
Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
El Salvador. Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources	lead ministry	1999	Likely, not confirmed basis not stated; shown as likely, not confirmed	3 sources

Funding and managing organizations.
Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Ofc. of Women in Development	1994 to 2001	Stated in a document	70 sources
USAID. Bur. for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade. Ofc. of Women in Development	2000 to 2003	Stated in a document	40 sources
USAID. Bur. for Research and Development. Ofc. of Women in Development	1992 to 1995	Stated in a document	16 sources
USAID. Bur. for Program and Policy Coordination. Ofc. of Women in Development	1980 to 1992	Stated in a document	13 sources
USAID. Mission to Kenya	1992 to 2000	Stated in a document	6 sources
USAID. Mission to Angola	1997 to 2001	Stated in a document	5 sources
USAID. Mission to Morocco	1999 to 2002	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Mission to Peru	1995 to 1999	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Mission to El Salvador	1999	Stated in a document	3 sources
USAID. Mission to Guatemala	1997 to 2002	Stated in a document	3 sources
USAID. Mission to Uganda	1999 to 2000	Stated in a document	3 sources
USAID. Mission to Benin	2001 to 2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Brazil	1997 to 1999	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Eritrea	2001 to 2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Mexico	1997	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Nepal	1997	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Romania	2000 to 2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Rwanda	1999 to 2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to South Africa	1999	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Bur. for Latin America and the Caribbean	1998 to 1999	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa	2000	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Regional Center for Southern Africa (RCSA)	2002	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Asia and Near East	1997	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Europe and the New Independent States	1998	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Policy and Program Coordination. Center for Development Information and Evaluation (CDIE)	1999	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Haiti	1998	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Lebanon	1999	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Mali	2002	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Philippines	1998	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Poland	1995	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Guatemala. Central American Programs	1997	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Macedonia	2000	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Center for Economic Growth. Ofc. of Economic and Institutional Reform	1995	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Botswana	1993	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Kyrgyzstan	1998	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Uzbekistan	1998	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Private Enterprise	1985	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Bangladesh	1990	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Senegal	1990	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Ofc. of Women in Development	1994 to 2001	Stated in a document	12 sources
USAID. Bur. for Program and Policy Coordination. Ofc. of Women in Development	1989	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Bur. for Research and Development. Ofc. of Women in Development	1992 to 1993	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Mission to Botswana	1989	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Guatemala	1988	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Ivory Coast	1989	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Morocco	1989	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Peru	1989	Stated in a document	1 source

Managing operating unit.
Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
Program and Policy Coordination	1980 to 1995	Stated in a document	37 sources
Ctr for Women in Development	1997 to 2003	Stated in a document	30 sources
Latin American Regional	1988 to 2003	Stated in a document	7 sources
Guatemala	1997 to 2002	Stated in a document	6 sources
Peru	1989 to 2002	Stated in a document	6 sources
Angola	1997 to 2001	Stated in a document	5 sources
Morocco	1989 to 2002	Stated in a document	5 sources
El Salvador	1999 to 2002	Stated in a document	4 sources
Mali	2002	Stated in a document	4 sources
Uganda	1999 to 2002	Stated in a document	4 sources
Africa Regional	1994 to 2000	Stated in a document	3 sources
Eritrea	2001 to 2002	Stated in a document	3 sources
Nepal	1997 to 2001	Stated in a document	3 sources
Benin	2001 to 2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
Brazil	1997 to 1999	Stated in a document	2 sources
Dominican Republic	1983 to 2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
Ethiopia	2002 to 2004	Stated in a document	2 sources
Mexico	1997	Stated in a document	2 sources
Poland	1995 to 2001	Stated in a document	2 sources
Romania	2000 to 2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
Rwanda	1999 to 2002	Stated in a document	2 sources
South Africa	1998 to 1999	Stated in a document	2 sources
Kenya	1995 to 2000	Stated in a document	2 sources
Near East Regional	1995 to 1997	Stated in a document	2 sources
NIS Regional	1998	Stated in a document	2 sources
Botswana	1989 to 1993	Stated in a document	2 sources
Asia Regional	2000	Stated in a document	1 source
Haiti	1998	Stated in a document	1 source
India	2001	Stated in a document	1 source
Jordan	1999	Stated in a document	1 source
Lebanon	1999	Stated in a document	1 source
Macedonia	2000	Stated in a document	1 source
Philippines	1998	Stated in a document	1 source
Regional Ctr for Southern Africa (RCSA)	2002	Stated in a document	1 source
Thailand	2000	Stated in a document	1 source
Bangladesh	1990	Stated in a document	1 source
Ivory Coast [Cote d'Ivoire]	1989	Stated in a document	1 source
Private Enterprise	1985	Stated in a document	1 source
Senegal	1990	Stated in a document	1 source
Tunisia	1994	Stated in a document	1 source

Managing operating unit.

Name

Years

Basis

Evidence

Program and Policy Coordination

1980 to 1995

Stated in a document

37 sources

Ctr for Women in Development

1997 to 2003

Stated in a document