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Using Fiscal Policy and Public Financial Management to Promote Gender Equality: International Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Using Fiscal Policy and Public Financial Management to Promote Gender Equality International Perspectives

By Janet G. Stotsky Copyright 2020
228 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book examines how fiscal policy and management can promote gender equality in developing as well as developed countries. Providing an international look at gender budgeting, it draws on countries at different levels of development, with an emphasis on low-income developing countries. It introduces the reader to the main trends in gender equality, the key ideas and rationale of gender... Read more

1 Introduction 2 Trends in Gender Equality and Women’s Development 3 Gender Budgeting and Improved Fiscal Policies to Promote Gender Equality and Women’s Development 4 Incorporating Gender Budgeting Into Good Public Financial Management 5 Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts 6 Asia: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts 7 Emerging Markets and Developing Countries: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts 8 Developed Countries: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts 9 The Effect of Gender Budgeting and Intergovernmental Grants on Gender Equality in India: An Empirical Analysis 10 General Summary, Recommendations, and Conclusions

Biography

Janet G. Stotsky is a consultant on applied public policies and women and development. She is a retired senior staff of the International Monetary Fund where she was a fiscal and macroeconomics expert and led a project on gender budgeting. She has worked at the U.S. Treasury and taught at Rutgers and American Universities. She has a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.

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