## Fiscal Policies and Gender Equality

_Books, April 11, 2018_

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Fiscal Policies and Gender Equality](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/books/issues/2018/05/03/fiscal-policies-and-gender-equality-44093)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: April 11, 2018
- Series: Books
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513590363.071

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### Summary and scope
- 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.

### Major themes and analytical focus
- 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.

### Regional coverage
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Asia and the Pacific
- Europe
- Latin America and Canada
- Middle East and Central Asia
- Pacific Islands and Caribbean

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

### Key descriptors and keywords
- 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

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/books/issues/2018/05/03/fiscal-policies-and-gender-equality-44093_