Briefing paper: Gender-sensitive macro economic policies in low- and middle-income economies

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This paper draws evidence from existing literature and secondary data on the gendered impacts of economic crises and policies. The analysis benefited greatly from the findings in four studies from a project led by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), the Economic Research Forum (ERF) and the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC):

  1. Davalos, J., Henseler, M. and Maisonnave, H. (2024) ‘Impact of the war in Russia-Ukraine on the African economies Egypt and Kenya: A gendered macro-micro modelling assessment’.
    Unpublished draft paper as of August.
  2. Musyoka, M.P. (2024) ‘The effects of Russian-Ukraine war on gender and food security in Kenya’. ERF unpublished draft paper as of January 2025.
  3. Onyango, D.W., Macharia, K.K., Ngui, D. and Maloiy, L. (2024) ‘Gendered differences in household cooking coping strategies for the Russia-Ukraine war in Kenya’, AERC
    unpublished draft paper as of September 2024
  4. Zaki, C. (2024) ‘Food insecurity and gender in turbulent times:
    Evidence from new data for Egypt’. ERF unpublished draft.

The author would also like to thank Arjan de Haan (IDRC), Marzia
Fontana (IDS), Jane Mariara (PEP), Sherillyn Raga and Dirk Willem
te Velde (both ODI Global) for their feedback on earlier drafts, and
IDRC for financial support.

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2026 AADFI Annual General Assembly

The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) is pleased to announce that its 2026 Annual General Assembly will take place from May 24 to 29, 2026, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on the sidelines of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings.

The Annual General Assembly will be held on the theme “Augmenting Sovereign Finance in Africa: DFIs Unlocking Growth and Resilience through NAFA,” with a focus on the transformative role of African Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in strengthening Africa’s financial sovereignty. The discussions will align with the AfDB-led New African Financial Architecture (NAFA), a system-level framework designed to mobilize long-term investment, reduce Africa’s cost of capital, and reinforce resilience through coordinated financial systems and deeper domestic capital markets.

The Annual General Assembly will convene leaders of African DFIs, government officials, regional institutions, and development partners to further explore how African DFIs can catalyze local investment, de-risk strategic projects, and strengthen economic autonomy to build resilience against global shocks and bridge the continent’s infrastructure funding gap.

Further details will be shared in the coming weeks.

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