Aid by DAC members in support of gender equality in the economic and productive sectors (the 11 categories selected) amounted to

USD 4.6 billion on average per year in 2007‐08 (Table 1). This represented one‐fifth of total bilateral aid committed to these sectors and screened against the gender equality policy marker (Chart 1). Almost all activities targeted gender equality as a "significant" – not the main ("principal") – objective. Only USD 115 million (2%) addressed gender equality as the "principal" objective

. This proportion is low in comparison to gender equality focussed aid scored "principal" in all sectors combined (15%).