With the strengthening of the fiscal decentralisation process in the Philippines, local government units (LGUs) were … provided with more opportunities in terms of local level gender responsive budgeting (hereafter LLGRB) and challenges as well … gender in the context of fiscal decentralisation. [NIPFP Working Paper 41. 2006] …

Budget speech by Finance minister. URL:[http://punjabgovt.nic.in/departments/Budget/budget/budget.htm]. …

have allowed the legislature to build the basis for a effective decentralization in the region. The new law sets the … general operation of the new local government includes measures whose symbolic value is certain. It becomes an opportunity to … new law on the region which is assumed to bring more decentralization, does affect profoundly the relationship between the …

have allowed the legislature to build the basis for a effective decentralization in the region. The new law sets the … general operation of the new local government includes measures whose symbolic value is certain. It becomes an opportunity to … new law on the region which is assumed to bring more decentralization, does affect profoundly the relationship between the …

In this paper, we test whether the gender composition of government affects the quality of governance and reform … efforts, thus connecting the literature that documents the effects of gender on decision making to the literature on the … determinants of reforms. We find that countries with a higher share of female ministers and a higher share of female MPs tend to …

gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the … service provision and local governance, the gender bias in human development is still pronounced. This casts doubt on the … effectiveness of reservation policies as an instrument for making rural service provision and local governance more gender equitable …

This manual is intended to help local governments to uphold the human rights of women, by involving them in identifying … processes of gender planning, budgeting and auditing in the general projects and in the Women's Component Plan. …

This paper focuses on the role of fiscal and monetary policies in the evolution of the Indian economy over the years …, with particular attention being given to the reforms undertaken in these policies since the early 1990s. [Sixth Asian …

consequences of these different dynamics on the location, pace, sequence of reforms and the regime these reforms occur. …