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Financing for Gender Equality : Realising Women s Rights through Gender Responsive Budgeting /

This collection of essays addresses the glaring gap between policy commitments and actual investments in gender equality, ranging across sectors and focusing on development aid, peace-building and climate funds. Casting a spotlight on the application of gender-responsive budgeting in public budgetar...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Khan, Zohra; Burn, Nalini
Published: Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Gender, Development and Social Change
Subjects:
Business
Accounting
Bookkeeping
Economic policy
Social policy
Sociology
Economic development
Social justice
Human rights
Sex Psychology
Gender expression
Gender identity
Business and Management
Accounting/Auditing
Gender Studies
Development studies
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46101-8
Summary: This collection of essays addresses the glaring gap between policy commitments and actual investments in gender equality, ranging across sectors and focusing on development aid, peace-building and climate funds. Casting a spotlight on the application of gender-responsive budgeting in public budgetary policies, systems and processes, the contributions to this volume explore the chequered trajectories of these efforts in Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Andaluc a. Critiquing systems of finance, from adherence to neo-liberal macroeconomic fundamentals which prioritise fiscal austerit
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XXI, 333 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9781137461018
Index Number: HF5601
CLC: F23
Contents: Chapter 1. Reframing and Prioritizing Public Expenditures to Promote Gender Equality; Stephanie Seguino, Professor of Economics, University of Vermont, USA -- Chapter 2. How to Budget in Compliance with Human Rights Standards; Diane Elson, Emeritus Professor, University of Essex -- Chapter 3 Gender-responsive budgeting in Africa: chequered trajectories, enduring pathways by Nalini Burn -- Chapter 4. GRB in Andalusia: Reconciling Gender Equality and Economic Growth Perspectives; Buenaventura Aguilera D az, Paula Cirujano Campano and Alicia del Olmo Garrudo -- Chapter 5. Gender Responsive Budg

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