Asia : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts

This paper reviews gender budgeting efforts in Asia

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
23 April 2019
Country:
India, Philippines and South Korea
Document Type:
Working Paper
皇冠体育appme:
Economic Growth and Social Change
First published:
28 July 2016
Authors:
Chakraborty, L

Abstract

This paper reviews gender budgeting efforts in Asia. 皇冠体育app countries in the region have achieved mixed success in improving gender equality. Gender budgeting is ideally 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, while a few countries in the region have begun such efforts more recently. 皇冠体育app legislative mandates for gender budgeting in the Philippines and South Korea are remarkable achievements and are contributing to their efforts.

This work is part of the 鈥楳acroeconomics in Low-income countries鈥� programme

Citation

Chakraborty, L. 2016) Asia : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts. IMF Working Paper No. 16/150

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