Sub-Saharan Africa : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts
Gender budgeting is an initiative to use fiscal policy and administration to address gender inequality and women鈥檚 advancement
Abstract
Gender budgeting is an initiative to use fiscal policy and administration to address gender inequality and women鈥檚 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 policies, programs, and processes in fundamental ways. Other countries have made more limited progress in introducing gender budgeting into their budget-making. Leadership by the ministry of finance is critical for enduring effects, although nongovernmental organizations and parliamentary bodies in sub-Saharan Africa play an essential role in advocating for gender budgeting.
This work is part of the 鈥楳acroeconomics in Low-income countries鈥� programme
Citation
Janet Gale Stotsky, Lisa L Kolovich, Suhaib Kebhaj (2016) Sub-Saharan Africa : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts IMF Working Paper No. 16/152