Fiscal Policies and Gender Equality

Books, April 11, 2018

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Volume contains seven chapters that consider how fiscal policies can address women’s and girls’ disadvantages in education, health, employment, and financial well‑being.
Research presented at a 2016 international conference on gender budgeting at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, DC.
Research draws on:
- published materials,
- a questionnaire sent to ministries of finance to all International Monetary Fund member countries,
- interviews with country officials and international organizations that offer technical assistance to countries seeking to implement gender budgeting.

How fiscal policies (planning, allocating, and monitoring government expenditures and taxes) can address gender inequality.
Sectors analyzed: education, health, employment, financial well‑being.
Emphasis on gender budgeting as an instrument of public financial management (PFM) to reduce gender disparities.

Synthesis of published literature.
Questionnaire responses from ministries of finance across all IMF member countries.
Interviews with country officials and international technical assistance providers.

Subject: Budget planning and preparation, Gender, Gender budgeting, Gender inequality, Public financial management (PFM), Women
Keywords: BOOK, Budget planning and preparation, budget statement, Caribbean, country, Europe, gender analysis, Gender budgeting, gender disparity, Gender inequality, gender-disaggregated data, government, government institution, Middle East and Central Asia, Pacific Islands, Rwanda, Sub-Saharan Africa, Women