Empirical evidence suggests that women are more vulnerable to chronic poverty and gender inequality is likely to condition the impacts of policies on the rest of the economy and consequently on poverty itself. While gender-responsive budgeting has made significant headway into economic policy,...

Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Overview -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- The rule of law in MENA : hypotheses and empirics -- Discretion and taxability : enforcing tax rules in Morocco -- Discretion and good practice : enforcing customs regulations in Tunisia -- Exclusion and norms :...