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Cover IMF Working Papers
Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts
Ms. Janet Gale Stotsky
,
Ms. Lisa L Kolovich
, and
Suhaib Kebhaj
Gender budgeting is an initiative to use fiscal policy and administration to address gender inequality and women’s advancement. A large number of sub-Saharan African countries have adopted gender budgeting. Two countries that have achieved notable success in their efforts are Uganda and Rwanda, both of which have integrated gender-oriented goals into budget policies, programs, and processes in fundamental ways. Other countries have made more limited progress in introducing gender budgeting into their budget-making. Leadership by the ministry of finance is critical for enduring effects, although nongovernmental organizations and parliamentary bodies in sub-Saharan Africa play an essential role in advocating for gender budgeting.
Keywords:
WP; government; local government; country; national budget; Gender budgeting; fiscal policy and administration; gender inequality; sub-Saharan Africa; economic planning; government institution; State reform; zero rating; Women; Budget planning and preparation; Africa
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Gender Budgeting: Fiscal Context and Current Outcomes
Ms. Janet Gale Stotsky
Gender budgeting is an approach to budgeting that uses fiscal policy and administration to promote gender equality and girls and women’s development. This paper posits that, properly designed, gender budgeting improves budgeting, and it places budgeting for this purpose in the context of sound budgeting principles and practices. The paper provides an overview of the policies and practices associated with gender budgeting as they have emerged across the world, as well as examples of the most prominent initiatives in every region of the world. Finally, it suggests what can be learned from these initiatives.
Keywords:
WP; government; country; government policy; budget decision; state budget; Gender budgeting; fiscal policies; fiscal administration; government budget decision; government program; government ministry; a number of country effort; government bureaucracy; government activity; budget process; government oversight; Women; Budget planning and preparation; Gender inequality; Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Monitoring Report, 2006
Strengthening Mutual Accountability: Aid, Trade, and Governance
International Monetary Fund

Abstract

This third edition of the Global Monitoring Report examines the commitments and actions of donors, international financial institutions, and developing countries to implement the Millennium Declaration, signed by 189 countries in 2000. Many countries are off track to meet the Millennium Development Goals, particularly in Africa and South Asia, but new evidence is emerging that higher-quality aid and a better policy environment are accelerating progress in some countries, and that the benefits of this progress are reaching poor families. This report takes a closer look at the donors' 2005 commitments to aid and debt relief, and argues that rigorous, sustained monitoring is needed to ensure that they are met and deliver results, and to prevent the cycle of accumulating unsustainable debt from repeating itself. International financial institutions need to focus on development outcomes rather than inputs, and strengthen their capacity to manage for results in developing countries.

Keywords:
MISC RPT; MISC; State party; private sector; governance system; low-income country; state; country; country system; governance indicator; investment climate; Global; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; East Asia; Corruption; Debt relief; Infrastructure; middle-income country; Caribbean
Cover Policy Papers
2005 Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach - Balancing Accountabilities and Scaling Up Results
International Monetary Fund
In December 1999, the World Bank (the Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (the Fund) introduced a new approach to their relations with low-income countries, centered around the development and implementation of poverty reduction strategies (PRS) by the countries as a precondition for access to debt relief and concessional financing from both institutions. These strategies were also expected to serve as a framework for better coordination of development assistance among other development partners.
Keywords:
PP; PRS approach; PRS process; civil society; country authorities; public expenditure; private sector; PRS country; Poverty reduction strategy; Poverty reduction; Budget planning and preparation; Poverty reduction and development; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; Global
Cover IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Challenges in Expanding Development Assistance
Mr. Peter S. Heller
and
Mr. Sanjeev Gupta
This paper highlights the macro and microeconomic challenges associated with success of the effort to mobilize 0.7 percent of GNP for official development assistance (ODA). To promote achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, enhanced ODA must be as productive as possible. In weighing the distribution of enhanced ODA among countries, the paper emphasizes the need to limit potentially adverse “real transfer effects.” It recommends a multi-pronged approach to ODA that includes, inter alia, in addition to direct bilateral transfers, enhanced use of trust funds and the financing of global public goods.
Keywords:
PDP; recipient country; country partnership; donor country; low income; transition country; ODA; poverty; absorptive capacity; international public goods; country market; distributional criterion; public goods; commitments of the European Union; countries of the world; Personal income; Real exchange rates; Extra-budgetary funds; Global
Cover Can the Poor Influence Policy? Participatory Poverty Assessments in the Developing World
Can the Poor Influence Policy? Participatory Poverty Assessments in the Developing World
Ms. Caroline M Kende-Robb

Abstract

The second edition of this book outline show to include the poor using the Participatory Poverty Assessment (PPA) method. This method was developed by the World Bank in partnerships with NGOs, governments, and academic institutions, and has been implemented in over 60 countries worldwide duringthe last decade. This book also draws on new PPA case examples. Joint publication with the World Bank.

Keywords:
BOOK; poverty assessment; policy; government; country; poverty analysis; research team; PPA result; government poverty agency; PPA impact; Poverty reduction; Poverty reduction strategy; Poverty reduction and development; Budget planning and preparation; Africa; Eastern Europe; East Asia
Cover IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Reviewing Some Early Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers in Africa
Ms. Caroline M Kende-Robb
and
Mrs. Alison M Scott
This paper reviews some early interim and full PRSPs for countries with which the authors worked during 1999-2000 (Uganda, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mali and The Gambia). The purpose of the review is to compare and contrast how the PRSP process was established there. It finds that rapid progress was made in implementing the initiative in all the countries, increasing commitment to poverty reduction amongst government and donors and encouraging broader participation in the policy dialogue. However, there was considerable variation between the cases, reflecting different local contexts and capacities.
Keywords:
PDP; The PRSP; government; poverty analysis; PRSP; poverty; Africa; PRSP document; government program; PRSP process; poverty outcome; poverty impact; full PRSPs; poverty monitoring; B. country participation experience; commitment to poverty reduction; government process; routine poverty analysis; Poverty reduction strategy; Budget planning and preparation; Poverty reduction; Poverty reduction and development