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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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    Gender Audit: Whim or Voice

    2002
    How can monitoring of the budget expose gender discrimination, even in supposedly ?neutral? sectors such as transport and energy? This paper from South African writers argues that state policies can have hidden consequences for women, which can be uncovered through gender analysis.
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    From Policy, Through Budgets, to Implementation: Delivering Quality Health Care Services

    Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2000
    What are the issues that must be addressed in the analysis of a sectoral budget from a gender perspective? How can national, provincial and local budgets be linked to achieve better policy-making and implementation?
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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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    The Fourth Women's Budget

    1999
    Do women fully benefit from the spending on local government services? This fourth book on the South African Women's Budget Initiative (WBI) examines the budget at the local government level. It examines whether and how services are provided, what spending is prioritised, and the impact of revenue-raising and spending on women, men, girls and boys in five different municipalities.
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    The Third Women's Budget

    1998
    This is the third book on the South African Women's Budget Initiative (WBI). In this volume three introductory chapters review the state of flux in the social and political context of South Africa, current budgetary policy, planning and reform processes, further developments in the gender machinery, and developments in the Women's Budget Inititative itself.
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    The Second Women's Budget

    1997
    In this second book on the South African Women's Budget Initiative (WBI), new developments in the South African government structure and procedures are highlighted, in particular the establishment of its gender machinery and budget reform processes. The aims and visions of the WBI are introduced and linked to similar activities in other countries.
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    Gender Budgets Make Cents: Understanding Gender Responsive Budgets

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 2002
    How can greater consistency between social commitments and economic goals be achieved? This publication aims to inspire government officials, policy-makers, donor agencies, and civil society groups to engage in gender-responsive budget initiatives by demonstrating both equity and efficiency gains.
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    Gender-neutral, Gender-blind, or Gender-sensitive Budgets? Changing the Conceptual Framework to Include Women's Empowerment and the Economy of Care

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 1999
    Budgets are often assumed to be gender-neutral, whereas in reality they tend to be gender blind - failing to take into account the fact that men and women have different roles, responsibilities and resources in society. This failure leads to further discrimination against and disempowerment of women. One of the major failures of budgets is their neglect of the unpaid 'care economy'.

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