The GRBC has developed five criteria for evaluation of genderresponsiveness of the budgeted government programmes and projects. These criteria include women's participation in programme formulation and implementation, benefit accruing to them, their capacity building, contribution to women's employment/income generation, and reduction in women's workload and qualitative improvement in their time use.

This report presents the findings of a country review carried out in Nepal by Dr. Meena Acharya Sahavagi under the programme"Integrating gender responsive budgeting into the aid effectiveness agenda" launched by UNIFEM and the European Commission (EC) in 2008. The study focused on two main donors EC and DFID and includes an in depth analysis of funding in the Education sector.

The EC/UN Partnership has reviewed the extent to which commitments to women's security and peacebuilding needs have been financed by Official Development Assistance (ODA) in four different post-conflict situations: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal, Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), and Aceh (Indonesia).

This publication is a compilation of two studies carried out to assess GRB in the peacebuilding and Health programmes under the EC/UN Women partnership programme on 'Integrating GRB into the Aid Effectiveness Agenda'.