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 …

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 …