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Developments in Practice: Methodologies and Approaches to Gender Budgeting

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Gender Budgeting in Europe

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Offering an overview of distinctive methodological developments in gender budgeting (GB) and analysis of budget and public policy processes, this chapter discusses various approaches. It introduces examples of different applied and emerging methods for practical adoption and implementation of GB. While clearly visible conditions for the adoption and implementation of GB can be identified and characterised, sustaining gender analysis across the policy and budgetary process presents enduring challenges. This chapter sets out methodologies for attempting gender-responsive budgets and the various approaches adopted in divergent contexts.

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    Frequently, gender-responsive budget call circulars are also mentioned as a specific tool Of GB practices. It is not listed here separately because budget call circulars are one tool of ensuring guidance from budget authorities to budget users, irrespective of the specific approach of GB.

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    Elisabeth Klatzer

  2. Department of Economics Marco Biagi and CAPP, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Tindara Addabbo

  3. Department of Taxation and Public Finance, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Gloria Alarcon-García

  4. Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

    Angela O’Hagan

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Klatzer, E., Addabbo, T., Alarcon-García, G., O’Hagan, A. (2018). Developments in Practice: Methodologies and Approaches to Gender Budgeting. In: O'Hagan, A., Klatzer, E. (eds) Gender Budgeting in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64891-0_6

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