Gender Responsive and Participatory Budgeting: Imperatives for Equitable Public Expenditure

ISBN-13: 9783319244945 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 212 str.

Cecilia Ng

Opis

This unique book focuses on the hybridization of grassroots participation in planning, implementing, and developing gender-responsive budgeting. It explores the possibilities for gender sensitive budgeting when implemented using techniques that have been popularized by participatory governance activists.

Spis treści

Making public expenditures equitable: When GRB meets PB.- Interlinking gender responsiveness and participation in public budgeting processes.- Women in budgeting: A critical assessment of participatory budgeting experiences.- Gender responsive and participatory budgeting in Penang: The people-oriented model.- Community participation and women’s empowerment: The Kerala experience of participatory planning and budgeting.- Integrating gender equality, women’s rights and participation in the budget process: A survey of entry points and practical examples.

Blurb

This unique book focuses on the hybridization of grassroots participation in planning, implementing, and developing gender-responsive budgeting. It explores the possibilities for gender sensitive budgeting when implemented using techniques that have been popularized by participatory governance activists. A combination of the two allows for a whole new way of ensuring public budgets are used equitably.