Impact of Gender-Responsive Budgeting

Author(s)
Combaz, E.
Publication language
English
Pages
14pp
Date published
22 Jul 2013
Publisher
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Gender, Organisational, Standards
Organisations
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute
Link
http://gsdrc.org/docs/open/HDQ977.pdf

Gender-responsive budgeting has been applied by a few dozen developing countries since the mid-1980s, though to very different extents and in diverse forms. What is the evidence on the impact of gender-responsive budgeting on gender outcomes and on resource distribution within government bodies? The question is difficult to answer, both due to a limited evidence base about impact and to the complexity in assessing and interpreting impact.