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    Gender Budget Initiatives: Strategies, Concepts and Experiences

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2002
    This publication contains papers from a high level international conference 'Strengthening Economic and Financial Governance through Gender Responsive Budgeting' held in Brussels in October 2001.
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    Customs and Excise

    2000
    How have women fared under trade liberalisation as workers, traders and consumers? This paper from the fifth year of the Women's Budget Initiative in South Africa, tackles customs and excise as a new area of gender budget analysis. It argues that South African women suffer from trade liberalisation (i. e.
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    Women and Tax in South Africa

    2000
    What is the tax toll on women? Can taxation policy reduce income and wealth inequalities between women and men in South Africa? This paper, one of a collection of four papers from the fifth year of the South African Women's Budget Initiative, argues that the way in which the tax burden is distributed affects the welfare of individuals and households.
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    An Introduction to the Fifth Women's Budget

    2000
    Where are the boundaries of the developing field of gender budget analysis? This introduction paper to the fifth South African Women's Budget answers the question ?why look at revenue?' in terms of taxation, local government, and customs and excise.
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    Making Visible the Hidden Economy: the Case for Gender-impact Analysis of Economic Policy

    BRIDGE, 2002
    Although economic policy is targeted at the paid economy, it has unintended yet significant impacts on the unpaid care economy. This paper explores the UK's Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) which aims to help people make the transition from welfare to paid work.
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    The Gender Budget 1998/99

    Forum for Women in Democracy, 1998
    What does gender analysis of a budget look like? FOWODE in Uganda has completed the first phase of its Gender Budget Project, which examines the differential impact of Uganda's budget on women and men, girls and boys. This book is an account of this first phase, which concentrates on an analysis of the 1998/1999 budget in three sectors - agriculture, education and health.
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    Gendered Budget Work in the Americas: Selected Country Experiences

    University of Texas, 2002
    Integrating gender into budgetary debate can yield better information and analysis of a budget's impacts. It can also serve as a tool to advocate for more equitable public policies. Researchers and advocates in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Chile have attempted to influence the debate around policy priorities and to assess the impact of government spending on women and girls, men and boys.
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    The Philippines: Getting Smart With Local Budgets

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 2002
    How can gender budget work be conducted at the local level? One way is to design projects where civil society organisations work closely with local governments in a mutually beneficial arrangement. This case study from the book Gender Budgets Make More Cents: Country studies and good practice examines the Gender Budget Initiative (GBI) in the Philippines.
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    Budgeting For Equality: The Australian Experience

    BRIDGE, 2002
    How sustainable are gender budget initiatives located inside government? In 1984 feminists in the women's policy machinery launched the first and longest- running gender budget initiative in the Australian federal government.
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    Rwanda: Translating Government Commitments Into Action

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 2002
    How do Gender Budget Initiatives fit into broader policy frameworks? This case study from the book Gender Budgets Make More Cents: Country studies and good practice examines the Gender Budget Initiative (GBI) in Rwanda.

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