02844cas a2200349 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022167 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781616354510 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Alonso-Albarran, Virginia. Gender Budgeting in G20 Countries / Virginia Alonso-Albarran, Teresa Curristine, Gemma Preston, Alberto Soler. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021. 1 online resource (72 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 Achieving gender equality remains a significant challenge, that has only deepened with the on-set of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gender budgeting (GB) can help promote gender equality by applying a gender perspective to fiscal policies and the budget process. This paper takes stock of GB practices in G20 countries and benchmarks country performance using a GB index and data gathered from an IMF survey. All G20 countries have enacted gender focused fiscal policies but the public financial management (PFM) tools to operationalize these policies are far less established. We find that notwithstanding heterogeneity across countries, the average G20 level of GB practice is relatively low. More progress has been made establishing GB frameworks and budget preparation tools than with budget execution, monitoring and auditing. Too few countries assess the upfront impact of policies on gender and/or evaluate ex-post the effectiveness of policies and programs. Where GB features are in place, they tend to operate as an 'add-on', rather than a strategic and integral part of resource allocation decisions. Progress with GB does not appear to be dependent on the level of country development. Key to future efforts will be harnessing opportunities for integrating GB tools into existing PFM systems and more closely linking GB initiatives with PFM reforms. Mode of access: Internet Economics of Gender imf G20, Gender Equality, Gender Budgeting and Public Financial Management imf Non-Labor Discrimination imf Policy Coordination imf Policy Designs and Consistency imf Policy Objectives imf Curristine, Teresa. Preston, Gemma. Soler, Alberto. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/269 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2021/269/001.2021.issue-269-en.xml IMF e-Library