Middle East and Central Asia: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts

An overview of two gender budgeting efforts in the region—Morocco and Afghanistan.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
28 July 2016
Country:
Afghanistan, Morocco
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth, Social Change
Authors:
Kolovich, L.L., Shibuya, S

Abstract

Gender budgeting uses fiscal policies to promote gender equality and women’s advancement, but is struggling to take hold in the Middle East and Central Asia. The authors provide an overview of 2 gender budgeting efforts in the region—Morocco and Afghanistan. Achievements in these 2 countries include increasing female primary and secondary education enrollment rates and reducing maternal mortality. But the region not only needs to use fiscal policies for women’s advancement, but also reform tax and financial laws, enforce laws that assure women’s safety in public, and change laws that prevent women from taking advantage of employment opportunities.

This work is part of the ‘Macroeconomics in Low-income countries’ programme

Citation

Lisa L Kolovich, Sakina Shibuya (2016) Middle East and Central Asia : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts. IMF Working Paper No. 16/151

Middle East and Central Asia : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts

Published 28 July 2016
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