Analysis and Insights

Asia: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts

Lekha Chakraborty

International Monetary Fund (IMF). Working Paper No. 16/150

2016

Working Paper

GRB

This paper reviews gender budgeting efforts in Asia. The 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.

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