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

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. We provide an overview of two gender budgeting efforts in the region-Morocco and Afghanistan. Achievements in these two countries include...

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Autore principale: Kolovich, Lisa
Altri autori: Shibuya, Sakina
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/151
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF
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