Middle East and Central Asia: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts
An overview of two gender budgeting efforts in the region鈥擬orocco and Afghanistan.
Abstract
Gender budgeting uses fiscal policies to promote gender equality and women鈥檚 advancement, but is struggling to take hold in the Middle East and Central Asia. The authors provide an overview of 2 gender budgeting efforts in the region鈥擬orocco and Afghanistan. Achievements in these 2 countries include increasing female primary and secondary education enrollment rates and reducing maternal mortality. But the region not only needs to use fiscal policies for women鈥檚 advancement, but also reform tax and financial laws, enforce laws that assure women鈥檚 safety in public, and change laws that prevent women from taking advantage of employment opportunities.
This work is part of the 鈥楳acroeconomics in Low-income countries鈥� programme
Citation
Lisa L Kolovich, Sakina Shibuya (2016) Middle East and Central Asia : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts. IMF Working Paper No. 16/151