Gender and Social Inclusion Impact Assessment

Objectives
IDENTIFY APPLY FORMULATE

Identify gender and Apply the GESI lens Formulate possible

social inclusion and GESIIA GESIIA inputs to the
(GESI) issues worksheets to Regulatory Impact
relevant to a assess a proposed Statement
regulatory policy or existing
problem regulatory policy
Recommendation of OECD on Gender
Equality in Public Life
What is GESIIA?
Does a proposed or existing
regulatory policy reduce, maintain
or increase gender inequalities and
the vulnerabilities of socially
excluded groups?
 Features
• Subsidized interest rate of 3% for
the whole loan term
Housing Program • Up to 30-year loan term

for Tax-Exempted Coverage

• Pag-IBIG Fund Member with
Individuals* exemption from income tax.

*Sample proposed program

How to accomplish the worksheet 1

Review the coverage of the proposed regulation or regulatory reform

and identify its ultimate target groups.

Identify what sectors or users’ groups will be negatively affected by or

excluded from the benefits of the regulation or regulatory reform.
 Worksheet 1: Initial social inclusion assessment
Item Women Tax Exempted Taxpayers
Inclusion or Exclusion from the benefits of the regulation

Are they likely to benefit? Why? Yes, they can apply for a Housing Yes, they can have access to the No.
IF YES: How? loan with low interest rate and program because they are the
longer loan term. proposed beneficiaries

Are they likely to be negatively No. No. Yes, because they are prohibited in
affected? Why? IF YES: How? availing the program.

Involvement in consultations

Have they been represented, or Yes. Yes. Yes.

will they be represented, during
consultations?

How were the represented, or Conducted Public Meeting with Conducted Social Media and Conducted Social Media and
how will they be represented? the representative from Stakeholder Engagement and Stakeholder Engagement and Public
GABRIELA, PCW, etc. Public Meeting with the interested Meeting with the interested groups.
groups.
Marginalized/disadvantaged groups
• Artisanal fisherfolk
• Farmer-peasant
• Artisanal fisherfolk
• Workers in the formal sector and migrant
workers
• Workers in the informal sector
• Indigenous people and cultural communities
• Women
• Differently-abled persons
• Senior citizens
• Victims of calamities and disasters
• Youth and students
• Children
• Urban poor

(Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act)

Worksheet 2: Assessment of impact on
women/marginalized

Women Tax-Exempted Taxpayers

Question Area of Concern

Barriers Opportunities Barriers Opportunities Barriers Opportunities

Will the Access to capital, Tax-payer Low-income - They can avail a They are -
regulation create assets, resources, who are earners have the housing loan with not
barriers and/or services woman are opportunity for subsidized qualified
opportunities for disqualified home ownership interest.
women and other with a minimum
relevant monthly
marginalized or amount.
disadvantaged
groups(see
Worksheet 1)
with respect to…?
Involvement in The Fund will ensure the participation of women and the marginalized sectors in the
consultations and Stakeholders Engagement.
decision-making
processes.

Overall
Assessment
Worksheet 3: Assessing the impact for the Philippines economy as a result of the
exclusion or inclusion of some groups

Question Area Losses Gains

What are the potential gains (from Capital or assets
opportunities created) or losses
(from barriers) for the Philippines New or expanding businesses
economy that could result from
the proposed regulation or existing Labor force participation and/or
regulation on women and employment in the sector
marginalized or disadvantage
groups.

Other (specify)

Overall assessment of losses and

gains as a result of the inclusionary
or exclusionary effect of the
regulation
 GESIIA provides additional info
to aid the decision-making
process.

• Looks at overall benefits to the

economy
• Identifies distributional impact