Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts

Abstract

Gender budgeting is an initiative to use fiscal policy and administration to address gender inequality and women's advancement. A large number of sub-Saharan African countries have adopted gender budgeting. Two countries that have achieved notable success in their efforts are Uganda and Rwanda, both of which have integrated gender-oriented goals into budget policies, programs, and processes in fundamental ways. Other countries have made more limited progress in introducing gender budgeting into their budget-making. Leadership by the ministry of finance is critical for enduring effects, although nongovernmental organizations and parliamentary bodies in sub-Saharan Africa play an essential role in advocating for gender budgeting.

Keywords: Fiscal policy, Uganda, Rwanda, Sub-Saharan Africa, Gender, Budgeting, Women's social conditions, Women's economic conditions, Cross country analysis, fiscal policy and administration, gender inequality, sub-Saharan Africa

JEL Classification: H00, I30, J16