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Gender & Development

Budgeting with women in mind

This article looks at how an understanding of the way public policies have different effects on men and women is influencing macroeconomic policymaking.

It shows that although gender-budgeting initiatives can take many different forms, their main purpose is to influence the budgeting process and help policymakers focus on ways that public policies can help reduce gender differences and improve economic outcomes.

 

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