This study investigates the effect of gender budgeting in India on gender inequality and fiscal spending. Gender … budgeting is an approach to budgeting in which governments use fiscal policies and administration to address gender inequality … framework for assessing the effect of gender budgeting. States with gender budgeting efforts have made more progress on gender …

Budget is an important tool in the hands of state for affirmative action for improvement of gender relations through … reduction of gender gap in the development process. It can help to reduce economic inequalities, between men and women as well … as between the rich and the poor Hence, the budgetary policies need to keep into considerations the gender dynamics …

Gender Responsive Budget (GRB) is not just a one-time activity. It is a continuous process that must be applied to all …, implementation and auditing continuum are gender responsive. The idea behind GRB is not about literally dividing funds in a fifty …-fifty ratio among men and women. GRB is about bringing a gender perspective in policy making at different levels. For example, the …

Gender inequality is an important and visible issue for OECD countries and the costs are borne at both social and … economic levels. In line with the 2015 OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Public Life, gender budgeting ensures that … gender equality considerations are taken systematically into account in tax and spending decisions. Effective implementation …

Gender budgeting (GB) emerged in the 1980s building on feminist economics analysis of public resource allocation … processes based on male bias in economic models and policy institutions. At its core, it aims to promote gender equality by … policy and deconstructing gender norms which perpetuate inequalities. The chapter takes an historical perspective on GB …