1st Edition

Gender Responsive Budgeting in South Asia Experience of Bangladeshi Local Government

134 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

134 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

134 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyzes the practice of local-level participatory planning and budgeting and its impact on gender responsive budgeting (GRB) in Bangladesh. The book offers a conceptual framework that brings into focus the contribution of successful participatory budgeting practice to ensure GRB – the examination of whether men and women fall under existing income and expenditure patterns... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Experience of Gender Responsive Budgeting in South Asian Countries

3. Women in Bangladesh: A Situation Analysis

4. Participatory Budgeting and Gender Responsive Budgeting: An Analysis of the Unresolved Relationship

5. Gender Responsive Budgeting through Participatory Planning and Budgeting: Experiences from the Bangladeshi Local Government

6. Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Role of Different Actors

7. Conclusion

Biography

Pranab Kumar Panday is Professor in the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. His main research areas include public policy, social movements, NGOs, social accountability, public sector management, governance, and gender studies. He is the author of 12 books, including Women Empowerment in South Asia: NGO Interventions and Agency Building in Bangladesh (Routledge, 2016), and co-author of Government and NGOs in South Asia: Local Collaboration in Bangladesh (Routledge, 2019).

Shuvra Chowdhury is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Her main areas of academic interest include open data analysis, right to information, grievance redress management, public financial change management, and gender studies.