The aid allocation literature has neglected gender-specific needs for aid. We assess the hypothesis that gender … inequality in education is more likely to affect the aid allocation of donor countries with female leadership in the relevant … ministry. We find no evidence for a needs-based allocation of aid for education. Female as well as male leaders appear to have …

donors indeed give more aid to countries with larger gender gaps ('need') in education, health, employment, or women's rights … concern. While aid specifically to promote gender equality receives only a tiny share of aid budgets, allocations to education …, health, and civil society projects could be affected by gender inequality concerns. In this paper, we investigate whether …

This study investigates the effectiveness of gender-mainstreamed aid in mitigating gender inequality. We develop a … robust theoretical model that accounts for the potential positive and perceived negative effects of shifts toward gender … parity, capturing diverse societal perspectives. Utilizing a comprehensive dataset on aid activities focused on gender (in …

education, and (3) the availability of gender mainstreaming policies and national mechanisms for gender equality have not …Purpose: This study examines how foreign aid affects gender inequality in developing countries, both at macro (overall …. Findings: The major findings are: (1) foreign aid, particularly aid targeting women empowerment and gender equal-ity, has …

This survey argues that after decades of continuous progress in reducing gender inequality in developing and developed … countries, since about 2000, there has been an unexpected stagnation and regress in many dimensions of gender inequality in many … parts of the world. This is most visible in labor markets, but also visible across a range of dimensions of gender …

The rising concern about gender inequality among the economies in South, South-East, and Eastern Asia motivates us to … study the context of gender development in terms of bridging gender disparity. To show the impact, the data has been … findings of the research show a significant impact of FDI and Economic Complexity in the reduction of gender inequality. Along …

whether development aid given for gender equality objectives leads to progress in women’s legal rights in recipient countries … gendered aid on changes in women’s rights. Our findings show that gender-focused aid has a positive impact on the de …