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  "title": "Gender Budgeting Is More Widespread But Implementation Remains a Challenge",
  "publication": "IMF Blog, March 8, 2022",
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  "summary": "The pandemic has deepened long-standing gender gaps, with women continuing to bear the burden of unpaid work. By structuring spending and taxation in ways that advance gender equality—a process called gender budgeting—governments can help close the gap.",
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    {
      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Publication title: Gender Budgeting Is More Widespread But Implementation Remains a Challenge\n- Authors: Teresa Curristine, Nino Tchelishvili, Sureni Weerathunga\n- Date: March 8, 2022\n- Context: Chart of the Week takes stock of gender budgeting practices in Group of Twenty countries using data from a recent IMF survey. Focus is on structuring spending and taxation to advance gender equality (gender budgeting)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "IMF survey and the Gender Budgeting Index (GBI)",
      "content": "- The IMF assessed country practices using a gender budgeting index (GBI) framed around the four pillars of the IMF’s gender budgeting framework.\n- The index uses data collected from the IMF survey and ranks countries high, medium, or low, depending on how they score.\n- As the Chart of the Week shows, relative to their G20 peers, Canada, Mexico, France, South Korea, and Japan score high on the GBI."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Key findings from the survey",
      "content": "- More than half of G20 countries have a legal framework in place requiring that gender goals and activities be incorporated in the budget.\n- Almost all G20 countries collect gender-disaggregated statistics to some degree.\n- Countries try to bring a gender perspective to budget preparation by:\n  - Linking goals and performance indicators to gender, or\n  - Issuing budget circulars with a gender lens.\n- Just one third carry out up front gender assessments to understand the potential impact of new policies on gender equality.\n- G20 countries score relatively low in integrating a gender perspective into budget execution:\n  - Gender information is rarely included in government annual financial reports.\n  - Only seven countries do ex-post gender impact assessments and seldom use them to improve policy design.\n  - Few countries audit gender activities and programs.\n  - There is some legislative oversight in about half of G20 countries."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Implementation challenges identified",
      "content": "- Lack of guidance on gender budgeting.\n- Weak coordination across government institutions.\n- Limited expertise in gender analysis and data."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Success factors and policy implications",
      "content": "- Survey responses highlight keys to success:\n  - Strong political backing.\n  - Legislative requirements.\n  - A ministry of finance that is firmly in the driver’s seat.\n- Making the impact of policies on equality more visible through better analysis and reporting can make a real difference in women’s lives.\n\nSource: IMF blog post \"Gender Budgeting Is More Widespread But Implementation Remains a Challenge\", March 8, 2022.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- gender budgeting\n- gender budgeting index\n- Mexico\n- Japan\n- https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/COTW-gender-budgeting-v2.jpg\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2022/03/08/gender-budgeting-is-more-widespread-but-implementation-remains-a-challenge"
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    "Authors: Teresa Curristine, Nino Tchelishvili, Sureni Weerathunga",
    "Published: March 8, 2022",
    "Publication title: Gender Budgeting Is More Widespread But Implementation Remains a Challenge",
    "Authors: Teresa Curristine, Nino Tchelishvili, Sureni Weerathunga",
    "Date: March 8, 2022",
    "Context: Chart of the Week takes stock of gender budgeting practices in Group of Twenty countries using data from a recent IMF survey. Focus is on structuring spending and taxation to advance gender equality (gender budgeting).",
    "The IMF assessed country practices using a gender budgeting index (GBI) framed around the four pillars of the IMF’s gender budgeting framework.",
    "The index uses data collected from the IMF survey and ranks countries high, medium, or low, depending on how they score.",
    "As the Chart of the Week shows, relative to their G20 peers, Canada, Mexico, France, South Korea, and Japan score high on the GBI.",
    "More than half of G20 countries have a legal framework in place requiring that gender goals and activities be incorporated in the budget.",
    "Almost all G20 countries collect gender-disaggregated statistics to some degree.",
    "Countries try to bring a gender perspective to budget preparation by:",
    "Just one third carry out up front gender assessments to understand the potential impact of new policies on gender equality.",
    "G20 countries score relatively low in integrating a gender perspective into budget execution:",
    "Lack of guidance on gender budgeting.",
    "Weak coordination across government institutions.",
    "Limited expertise in gender analysis and data.",
    "Survey responses highlight keys to success:",
    "Making the impact of policies on equality more visible through better analysis and reporting can make a real difference in women’s lives.",
    "[gender budgeting](https://blogs.imf.org/2021/03/05/engendering-the-recovery-budgeting-with-women-in-mind/)",
    "[gender budgeting index](https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2021/11/12/Gender-Budgeting-in-G20-Countries-506816)",
    "[Mexico](https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2021/11/04/na110421-mexico-on-the-rebound)",
    "[Japan](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/09/09/guilt-gender-and-an-inclusive-recovery-a-lesson-from-japan/)",
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