01819cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017006 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475520057 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Christie, Tamoya. Caribbean and Pacific Islands : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts / Tamoya Christie, Dhanaraj Thakur. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (47 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 Of the countries in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands, Timor-Leste has the most well-developed gender budgeting initiative. In the Pacific Islands, a few gender budgeting efforts were initiated but did not continue. In the Caribbean, there have been no well-developed gender budgeting efforts, although governments have undertaken policies to promote gender equality. We provide a number of recommendations to improve the effectiveness of gender budgeting efforts. Governments should link gender budgeting to national development plans, set realistic time expectations for achieving results, engage in capacity building with officials, draw upon strengths outside the government, and strengthen regional coordination. Mode of access: Internet Thakur, Dhanaraj. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/154 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2016/154/001.2016.issue-154-en.xml IMF e-Library