The following document, a product of a UNIFEM supported program, is one of 7 analytical reports on Gender Responsive Budgets that were completed and published in the Follow the Money' Series, South Asia. The well-received reports, have been in wide demand by GRB practitioners from around the world. This initiative has also been highly influential in the increase of allocations reflecting women's priorities as well as the inclusion of women in the planning process of economic governance at the...

This note has been written, by CIDA-Asia Branch in 2002, to provide a starting point to help understand how and why a gender equality perspective is relevant in programming related to decentralization. It is not an all-inclusive guide, rather it sets out initial questions to consider and provides resources to be used in follow-up.

The publication written by Jurgette A. Honculada documents the challenges and the successes of WAND's initiative in engendering the LGU budget process. Within these pages lies the clear evidence of an alternative approach to budgeting, one that addresses gender needs and is rigorously based on results. It is a testament to the power of women's organizations and civil society partnerships at the local level to make a difference in the lives of women, their families and communities.

This article by J. Vanishree (2008) focuses on the experiments carried out by Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on Gender Responsive Budgeting and Local Governance. Even though many studies show that decentralized local governance is struggling to establish itself as a self governing institution, experiments from selected Indian states show that the potential can be unleashed.

This paper was prepared as a background to the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre and Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) International workshop on engendering and empowering governance indicators, New Delhi, April 2005.

This article from the World Bank Institute's Development Outreach Journal discusses the importance of citizen's efforts to audit directly the...

This report highlights the work carried out by UNIFEM and its partners throughout the lifetime of the project, Local Level Gender Responsive Budgets Initiatives. The overall objective of the programme was to advocate for and support the transformation of economic governance and leadership into a more gender responsive governance in order to improve gender equality and increase women's participation in decision making process that shape their lives.

This publication presents experience of Phillippines in implementing gender responsive budgeting initiatives at the local level.

This publication presents experience of Phillippines in implementing gender responsive budgeting initiatives at the local level.

This publication presents experience of Phillippines in implementing gender responsive budgeting initiatives at the local level.