Improving Gender Targeting of Public Expenditures : A Consolidated Note on Lessons and Policy Implications

This report summarizes policy lessons from the project Improving Gender Targeting of Public Expenditures through Capacity Building. The project, funded by the Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program between July 2007 and December 2009, has supported a combination of analytical work and capacity bu...

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Main Authors: Ruiz Abril, Maria Elena, Ofosu-Amaah, A. Waafaas
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/16434798/improving-gender-targeting-public-expenditures-consolidated-note-lessons-policy-implications
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12766
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Summary:This report summarizes policy lessons from the project Improving Gender Targeting of Public Expenditures through Capacity Building. The project, funded by the Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program between July 2007 and December 2009, has supported a combination of analytical work and capacity building activities in the area of Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in DRC, Liberia, and Rwanda, as well as a regional learning- exchange workshop on gender-responsive budgeting with participants from Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, and Uganda. The purpose of this policy note is to provide a brief analysis of the key policy issues that emerged from project activities in the three countries.