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    Accountability to Women in Development Spending - Experiments in Service-delivery Audits at the Local Level

    BRIDGE, 2002
    What matters to consumers of public services is local-level accountability. Local monitoring and auditing is the only way to ensure commitments on paper at the local and national level - particularly in areas of concern to women - are translated into practice.
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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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    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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    Developmental Social Welfare: Who Benefits, Who Pays?

    BRIDGE, 2001
    The concept of ?developmental social welfare? (DSW) is a key component of the South African welfare department's policy on budgeting for poverty relief. It is an approach that emphasises implementation and sustainability of poverty relief programmes, building capacity and participation among beneficiaries, and involving civil society groups.
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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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