Introduction -- Macroeconomic Policy Coherence and Gender Equality in Asia Pacific -- Measuring Gender Inequality … -- Measuring Unpaid Care Economy -- Fiscal Policy and Gender Inequality in Asia Pacific -- Determining Gender Equality in Fiscal … Federalism -- Political Economy of Gender Budgeting: Fiscal Marksmanship -- Public Expenditure Benefit Incidence -- Gender …

At the request of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the IMF has prepared a paper on gender-budgeting as a contribution … to the G7 initiative on equality. The paper provides an overview of gender-responsive budgeting concepts and practices in … the G7 countries. It summarizes recent trends in gender equality in G7 and advanced countries, noting that while equality …

including gender considerations in budget programs and policies. Other arguments have a weaker economic basis but may be more … socially or politically compelling. The experience to date with ""gender budgeting,"" which entails looking at gender issues … comprehensively within the budget, has been mixed. To become more useful, gender budgeting should be integrated into budget processes …

This study reviews the conceptual framework of the economic-productive sphere and of gender equality, the aim of which … opportunities and in rights can be harmonized, though equality of "responsibilities, resources and retribution" by gender are more … difficult to reconcile. Also, women's (economic) empowerment - seen as a way of promoting gender equality - possesses a degree …

Goals, drawing on learning from the Social Institutions and Gender Index and in-country research by the OECD Policy Dialogue … tasks more equally between men and women by transforming gender stereotypes. …

A review of the recent evaluation evidence on financial services and training interventions questions their gender …. These features help women overcome gender-related constraints. However, when social norms are too restrictive, and women are … de-biasing service provision, which can be gender biased; lastly, whenever possible, results should be sex …

Greater legal equality between men and women is associated with a narrower gender gap in opportunities and outcomes … toward legal gender equality. Gendered laws do evolve, suggesting a role for legal reforms in women’s economic empowerment …

The Global Gender Gap report 2020 points to the fact that gender gaps in the economic sphere have widened over the … years, both globally and in India. There is a need to conceptualise and analyse progress on gender and economic equality and …

Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women’s political leadership …