Gender Budgeting

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Bamanyaki, Patricia A., and Nathalie Holvoet. 2016. “Integrating Theory-Based Evaluation and Process Tracing in the Evaluation of Civil Society Gender Budget Initiatives.” Evaluation 22 (1): 72–90. 

Authors: Patricia A. Bamanyaki, Nathalie Holvoet

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Over the last two decades, gender-responsive budgeting has gained prominence as an effective tool for governments to fulfil gender commitments and the realisation of women’s rights. To date, however, limited empirical evidence exists of the impact and effectiveness of gender budget initiatives. This article proposes and demonstrates the integration of theory-based evaluation and process tracing to examine the effects of local-level civil society-led gender-responsive budgeting on maternal health service delivery in Kabale District, rural Uganda. It involves four steps: explicating the programme theory linking the gender budget initiative to the intended outcome; theorising the underlying causal mechanism; making case-specific predictions of observable manifestations of the mechanism; and testing the empirical evidence using Bayesian logic to make causal inferences about the effects of the civil society gender budget initiative on maternal health service delivery. This approach strengthens our confidence in the inferences made about causality and the effects of gender budget initiatives.

Keywords: gender-responsive budgeting, local-level, maternal health, process tracing, theory-based evaluation

Topics: Civil Society, Gender, Gender Budgeting Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Uganda

Year: 2016

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Bakar, Aloyah A., Patahiyah Binti Ismail, and Maimunah Mohd Sharif. 2016. “Localizing Gender and Participatory Budgeting: Challenges of Institutionalization in Penang, Malaysia.” In Gender Responsive and Participatory Budgeting, edited by Cecilia Ng, 142–62. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace 22. Springer International Publishing.

Authors: Aloyah A. Bakar, Patahiyah Binti Ismail, Maimunah Mohd Sharif

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Institutionalization is the introduction of new practices for sustained change, and it is a complex and difficult process. This chapter analyses the readiness of the two local governments in Penang to institutionalize GRB within their respective organizational milieus. It points out that lobbying with and sensitizing policy makers as change agents in the early stages of its formulation is an important pre-condition of institutionalization. At the same time, local authorities need to create an enabling and supportive environment to make GRPB a reality in their respective bureaucratic contexts although competing priorities might affect actions and commitment. The chapter argues that both a participatory approach and a commitment towards gender integration into budget structures and processes are the way forward.

Keywords: institutionalization, Gender and participatory budgeting, pilot project, municipality, local government

Topics: Gender, Gender Budgeting, Governance Regions: Asia, Southeast Asia Countries: Malaysia

Year: 2016

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Allegretti, Giovanni, and Roberto Falanga. 2016. “Women in Budgeting: A Critical Assessment of Participatory Budgeting Experiences.” In Gender Responsive and Participatory Budgeting, edited by Cecilia Ng, 33–53. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace 22. Springer International Publishing. 

Authors: Giovanni Allegretti, Roberto Falanga

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Budgeting has for too long been considered a technical arena for highly skilled elites. Participatory Budgeting (PB) opens up the field and creates a space for local communities to discuss the equitable distribution of resources. However, gender has not been at the forefront of the PB debate. On the other hand, gender responsive budgeting has had its own growth trajectory, often not including participatory methods. The chapter highlights possible intersections between PB and gender mainstreaming and notes PB’s potential in addressing issues of gender mainstreaming and social justice, following dialogues with other complementary democratic innovations.

Keywords: participatory budgeting, Porto Alegre, democratic innovation, co-governance

Topics: Gender, Women, Gender Budgeting Regions: Americas, South America Countries: Brazil

Year: 2016

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Budlender, Debbie. 2010. ‘Price of Peace: Financing for Gender Equality in Post Conflict Reconstruction’. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/womens-empowerment/price-of-peace-financing-for-gender-equality-in-post-conflict-reconstruction.html. 

Author: Debbie Budlender

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Keywords: United Nations Development Programme, gender equality, gender and finance, post-conflict

Topics: Development, Economies, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Gender Budgeting, Governance, Post-Conflict Governance, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Regions: Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Oceania Countries: Kosovo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Timor-Leste

Year: 2010

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Sow, Ndeye. 2012. ‘Women’s Political Participation and Economic Empowerment in Post-Conflict Countries: Lessons from the Great Lakes Region in Africa’. London: International Alert. http://www.international-alert.org/resources/publications/womens-political-participation-and-economic-empowerment-post-conflict.

Author: Ndeye Sow

Topics: Gender, Women, Masculinity/ies, Gender Analysis, Gender Budgeting, Gender Mainstreaming, Governance, Constitutions, Quotas, Elections, Post-Conflict Governance, Peace Processes, Political Economies, Political Participation, Post-Conflict Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda

Year: 2012

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Elson, Diane. 2004. “Engendering Government Budgets in the Context of Globalization(s).” International Feminist Journal of Politics 6(4): 623-42.

Author: Diane Elson

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This article considers the strengths and weaknesses of attempts to ‘engender’ government budgets in the context of globalization, drawing on my own personal engagement in such attempts, and on the work of many gender budget initiatives (GBIs) all around the world. GBIs have sought to improve the distribution, adequacy and impact of government budgets at national, regional and local levels; and to secure greater transparency in the use of public money; and greater accountability to women as citizens. Their spread has itself been an example of globalization, in this case the globalization of action for gender justice; facilitated by e-mail, the Internet and air travel; supported by international foundations and international development cooperation funds. But, it may be argued, GBIs have begun to engage with government budgets just at the time when governments, especially in the South, have less and less control over public finance decisions, due to other aspects of globalization. This article considers whether there is any point in GBIs if economic power lies in international markets, rather than in the Ministry of Finance, and draws on examples from a wide variety of countries.

Topics: Economies, Public Finance, Gender, Gender Budgeting, Globalization

Year: 2004

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Elson, Diane, Nilüfer Çağatay, and Caren Grown. 1995. “Introduction.” Gender, Adjustment and Macroeconomics, Special Issue, World Development 28(7): 1157-72.

Authors: Diane Elson, Nilüfer Çağatay, Caren Grown

Topics: Economies, Gender, Gender Budgeting

Year: 1995

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Zakirova, Venera. 2014. “Gender Inequality in Russia: The Perspective of Participatory Gender Budgeting.” Reproductive Health Matters 22 (44): 202-12.

Author: Venera Zakirova

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Gender-based discrimination is found in all economies in the world. Women's unpaid work accounts for about half of the world GDP, yet women remain under-valued and under-represented in national policies worldwide. The question of gender  and citizens' participation in budgeting and governance processes has gained attention in recent years, but Russia is far from implementing these. Instead, blindness to gender issues dominates in national strategies and budgets. This paper explores these issues and looks in-depth at them in the decentralisation process in Bashkortostan, a central Russian republic. Civil society institutions whose role is to strengthen the links between government, civil society and the community in Bashkortostan, such as Public Chambers and Municipalities, lack the capacity to introduce participatory gender budgeting. As a result, no systematic participatory planning, let alone planning that is gender-sensitive, has taken place there.

Keywords: gender budgeting, governance, civil society, russia, citizen participation

Topics: Civil Society, Gender, Gender Budgeting Regions: Asia, Europe Countries: Russian Federation

Year: 2014

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Sodani, P.R, and Shilpi Sharma. 2008. “Gender Responsive Budgeting.” Journal of Health Management 10 (2): 227-40.

Authors: Shilpi Sharma, P.R Sodani

Topics: Gender, Gender Budgeting

Year: 2008

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Qureshi, Shazia, Safdar Abbas, Rabia Safdar, and Rubeena Zakar. 2013. “Gender Responsive Budgeting in Pakistan: Scope and Challenges.” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan 50 (1): 1–25.

Authors: Shazia Qureshi, Rubeena Zakar, Rabia Safdar, Safdar Abbas

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Women face discriminatory treatment in all spheres of life in Pakistan. Among other initiatives taken to reduce the gender gap between men and women, Gender Responsive Budgets could be of paramount importance. The present study is intended to delineate the concept of Gender Responsive Budgeting in a Pakistani context and to investigate the scope and challenges of the Gender Responsive Budgeting Initiative in Pakistan. A critical review of secondary data revealed that Gender Responsive Budgeting is able not only to identify gender gaps but also to reduce gender inequality through different policy interventions. Gender Responsive Budgeting is confronted with institutional and administrative challenges. It is enacted through different tools and it addresses and accounts for the needs, concerns and priorities of women. Effective implementation of Gender Responsive Budgeting could contribute substantially to achieving the goal of women’s empowerment and the overall development of a country.

Topics: Development, Gender, Gender Budgeting Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: Pakistan

Year: 2013