'Gender gap' is the term used to describe the unequal outcomes achieved by women and men on the labour market, as well … world has fully closed the gender gap: only a few countries (Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark) have closed 80 …% of their gender gap, whereas many others lag far behind, having closed it by 60% or less.Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB …

This collection of essays addresses the glaring gap between policy commitments and actual investments in gender … application of gender-responsive budgeting in public budgetary policies, systems and processes, the contributions to this volume … and examine the prospects for making financing gender responsive. The specific policy, strategy and technical …

Gender budgeting is an approach to budgeting that uses fiscal policy and administration to promote gender equality and … girls and women's development. This paper posits that, properly designed, gender budgeting improves budgeting, and it places … policies and practices associated with gender budgeting as they have emerged across the world, as well as examples of the most …

This paper reviews gender budgeting efforts in Asia. The countries in the region have achieved mixed success in … improving gender equality. Gender budgeting is ideally a fiscal innovation that translates gender-related goals into budgetary … commitments and can help countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals with regard to gender equality. India has a …

Of the countries in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands, Timor-Leste has the most well-developed gender budgeting … initiative. In the Pacific Islands, a few gender budgeting efforts were initiated but did not continue. In the Caribbean, there … have been no well-developed gender budgeting efforts, although governments have undertaken policies to promote gender …

This paper surveys European gender budgeting efforts, which have enjoyed sustained support for more than a decade and a … half. In a number of countries, gender budgeting led to significant changes in budget legislation and administrative … practices. In some countries, it is also possible to tie gender budgeting efforts to expenditure and revenue policy reforms. At …

Gender budgeting uses fiscal policies to promote gender equality and women's advancement, but is struggling to take … hold in the Middle East and Central Asia. We provide an overview of two gender budgeting efforts in the region-Morocco and …

Gender budgeting is an initiative to use fiscal policy and administration to address gender inequality and women …'s advancement. A large number of sub-Saharan African countries have adopted gender budgeting. Two countries that have achieved … notable success in their efforts are Uganda and Rwanda, both of which have integrated gender-oriented goals into budget …

Gender budgeting is an approach to fiscal policy and administration that integrates considerations of women's equality … and advancement into the budget. Latin American countries have undertaken diverse gender budgeting initiatives, most of … perspectives on how countries approach gender budgeting. We find that these initiatives are contributing to the reduction of gender …