Examining the resources needed to implement Security Council Resolution 1325 at national level as well as the gains, gaps and glitches of financing the women peace and security agenda. Over the last decade the policy environment on women, peace and security has gained significant momentum.

This background paper was prepared by ECLAC and presented at the Regional Consultations on the Economic and Social Council Annual Ministerial Review on Key Challenges of Financing Poverty and Hunger Eradication in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Brazil, 17-18 May 2007.

This analysis provides a ground-breaking look into the gender dimensions of the emerging climate finance architecture and highlights opportunities for more gender responsive investments in national climate and development strategies.

Using country-level data, the paper estimates the costs of interventions aimed at promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. It then uses these estimates to calculate the costs of such interventions in other low-income countries.

This IMF Working Paper examines how public processes can contribute to improving women's status. Gender budgeting, which refers to the systematic examination of budget programs and policies for their impact on women, has been tried in a range of countries in recent years.

This Commonwealth Secretariat publication provides a conceptual framework for work on gender responsive budgets, traces the evoluation of work in this area and provides information on country initiatives. This is a crucial resource for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.

The paper argues that gender equality in energy access is crucial for addressing global human rights commitments and economic efficiency.

The paper reviews the literature on the gender dimensions of taxation and the implications for tax policy with special reference to developing countries. It was commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat as part of the organization's commitment to integrate gender concerns into economic policy.

The objective of this paper prepared for INSTRAW is to use a gendered approach in examining the development financing strategies endorsed in the 2002 Monterrey Consensus.

This series of knowledge briefs was produced by UN Women on the basis of research conducted under the European Commission-supported programme "Integrating gender responsive budgeting into the aid effectiveness agenda".