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  Sieving budgets for gender

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  Gender budgeting exercises attempt to assess how far prevailing gender-based biases are incorporated into budgetary exercises. Such analyses also provide women with vital information regarding the contents and focus of existing government policies. The aim is to promote greater transparency and enhance democracy.
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  Gender budgeting analysis: a study in Maharashtra’s agriculture

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  This paper analyses the impact that state budgets of Maharashtra, India had on women in agriculture between 1998 to 2002.
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  Gender-sensitive budget initiatives for Latin American and the Caribbean: a tool for improving accountability and achieving effective policy implementation

  Harvard School of Public Health, 2000

  Prepared for the Eighth Regional Conference on Women of Latin America and the Caribbean (Beijing +5), held in Lima in February 2000, this paper provides an overview on the experiences, tools, and resources available globally for creating gender-equitable budgets, defined by the author as looking at the entirety of a budget from women’s point of view, to compare its implications for men and women,
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  The missing link in growth and sustainable development: closing the gender gap

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2004

  This issues paper discusses how to take gender into consideration when addressing growth issues and how to close the gender gap in African development.
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  Pro-poor growth strategies in Africa: a proposed easy reference guide (ERG) to engender national accounts and national budget

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  This document argues for the integration of women's non- market work (NMW) into the system of national accounting accross Africa.
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  Gender-responsive government budgeting

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This paper examines the concept of gender-responsive government budgeting (GRGB) and the extent of its implementation by national governments in both advanced and developing countries.The paper argues that in order for GRGB to be fully effective, obstacles such as gender-biased culture, the lack of appropriate budget classifications, and the lack of gender analysis expertise and gender-disaggre
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  Progress of the World's Women 2000

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2000

  Examines the progress of the world's women from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. It concentrates on the economic dimensions of gender equality and women's empowerment in the context of globalization.

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