01745cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017003 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475519983 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kolovich, Lisa. Middle East and Central Asia : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts / Lisa Kolovich, Sakina Shibuya. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (40 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Gender budgeting uses fiscal policies to promote gender equality and women's advancement, but is struggling to take hold in the Middle East and Central Asia. We provide an overview of two gender budgeting efforts in the region-Morocco and Afghanistan. Achievements in these two countries include increasing female primary and secondary education enrollment rates and reducing maternal mortality. But the region not only needs to use fiscal policies for women's advancement, but also reform tax and financial laws, enforce laws that assure women's safety in public, and change laws that prevent women from taking advantage of employment opportunities. Mode of access: Internet Shibuya, Sakina. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/151 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2016/151/001.2016.issue-151-en.xml IMF e-Library