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Cover Fiscal Policies and Gender Equality
Fiscal Policies and Gender Equality

Abstract

This volume contains seven chapters that consider how fiscal policies can address women’s and girls’ disadvantages in education, health, employment, and financial well-being. Researchers from a joint collaboration between the International Monetary Fund and the UK’s Department for International Development presented papers at a 2016 international conference on gender budgeting at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, DC, and detail the findings of their work here, which draws on published materials, a questionnaire sent to ministries of finance to all International Monetary Fund member countries, and interviews with country officials and international organizations that offer technical assistance to countries seeking to implement gender budgeting. They describe key gender budgeting efforts planning, allocating, and monitoring government expenditures and taxes to address gender inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and Canada, the Middle East and Central Asia, and the Pacific Islands and Caribbean.

Keywords:
BOOK; government; country; Rwanda; government institution; gender disparity; budget statement; gender analysis; gender-disaggregated data; Gender budgeting; Gender inequality; Women; Budget planning and preparation; Caribbean; Sub-Saharan Africa; Pacific Islands; Middle East and Central Asia; Europe
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Canada: 2006 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund
Canada’s macroeconomic and policy performance has continued to outshine most other industrial countries, and its outlook remains favorable. The new government has pledged to maintain the strong social consensus in favor of fiscal surpluses, while aiming at enhancing incentives. The new budget should ensure that a prudent fiscal framework is maintained. The favorable domestic and external environment will boost the economy’s long-term growth potential. While the financial system appears well placed to support growth, there is still room to furthering its efficiency and resilience.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; surplus; debt anchor; appreciation; asset price appreciation; budget review; participation rate; Canadian dollar; core inflation; Labor markets; Labor force participation; Employment; Global
Cover IMF Working Papers
Social Security, Demographic Trends, and the Federal Budget
International Monetary Fund
This paper considers the implications of the prospective aging of the U.S. population for the social security system and concludes that the large and growing cashflow surpluses of the social security trust funds should be saved to help insulate living stands against this change. A number of illustrative scenarios are presented in which the impact of pursuing this policy is analyzed within the context of a growth model incorporating the demographic projections of the Social Security Administration. If the current unified budget framework, which includes Social Security trust fund flows, is retained, the suggested policy would require that fiscal surpluses be achieved.
Keywords:
WP; social security; cashflow surplus; OASDI surplus; federal budget; government expenditure; life-cycle savings decision; Securities; Extra-budgetary funds; Demographic change; Real interest rates; Labor force participation