IMF Working Paper No. 16/152 on Gender Budgeting!

New IMF Working Paper No. 16/152 on Gender Budgeting!

Title: Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts

Written by:Janet G. Stotsky, Lisa Kolovich, and Suhaib Kebhaj

Gender budgeting is an initiative to use fiscal policy and administration to address gender inequality and women’s advancement. This paper reviews and discusses examples of prominent gender budgeting efforts in the region, as, as a large number of sub-Saharan African countries have adopted gender budgeting. Two countries that have achieved notable success in their efforts are Uganda and Rwanda, both of which have integrated gender-oriented goals into budget policies, programs, and processes in fundamental ways. Other countries have made more limited progress in introducing gender budgeting into their budget-making. Leadership by the ministry of finance is critical for enduring effects, although nongovernmental organizations and parliamentary bodies in sub-Saharan Africa play an essential role in advocating for gender budgeting. 

Here the link to the paper: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=44145.0 


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