Asia: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts

IMF Working Papers, July 28, 2016

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This paper reviews gender budgeting efforts in Asia.
The countries in the region have achieved mixed success in improving gender equality.
Gender budgeting is described as a fiscal innovation that translates gender-related goals into budgetary commitments and can help countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals with regard to gender equality.
India has a sustainable gender budgeting model for the region.
A few countries in the region have begun gender budgeting efforts more recently.
The legislative mandates for gender budgeting in the Philippines and South Korea are described as remarkable achievements and are contributing to their efforts.

Subjects: Budget planning and preparation, Gender, Gender budgeting, Gender inequality, Public financial management (PFM), Women
Keywords: Asia, Asia and Pacific, Bangladesh government, Budget planning and preparation, East Asia, fiscal policies and administration, Gender budgeting, Gender equality, gender equality commitment, gender inequality, Global, government budget process, government institution, government of India, government program, management system, national budget, public expenditure, public finance, State Finance account, State level, UN woman, Women, WP

Asia: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts (IMF Working Paper No. 2016/150, 2016).

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