Gender equality represents the engine for economic, social and democratic development. In the majority of developed and developing countries, resources allocated by government are limited. The lack of financial resources for covering the existent social needs lead to such a problem like...

In most of the countries, gender equality is an important national goal. This is particularly so in some human development sectors (especially education and health). For several low-income countries, gender issues are also important in the agriculture sector. Finally, several government...

The importance of approached theme lays in the equality notion as a multidimensional term embracing economic, cultural and social dimensions alike. There are strong reasons to believe that a reduction of gender inequality is important in the promotion of economic growth and in the reduction of...

Large and persistent gaps in social protection coverage, comprehensiveness and adequacy are linked to many barriers, including high levels of informality, institutional fragmentation of the social protection system and significant financing gaps for social protection in a context of limited...

The paper studies empirically the fiscal policy instruments by which governments try to influence election outcomes in 24 developing countries for the 1973-1992 period. The study finds that the main vehicle for expansionary fiscal policies around elections is increasing public expenditure rather...

The issue of valuable government policy interventions has not been fully addressed. Therefore, this paper analyzes the impact of government capital expenditure on production efficiency in the G7 countries. Two models are estimated with different dependent variables: the Human Development Index...

This study examines foreign aid effectiveness in poverty reduction in Africa with focus on the role of regional fiscal policy on education and health. The study employs panel dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) estimation technique and covers the period 1980-2017. The results reveal that...

The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the fiscal situation, composition of public expenditures, social expenditures and social outcomes and select public expenditure management issues in Swaziland