This paper discusses connections between female economic empowerment and government spending. It offers a preliminary exploration of key factors and indicators associated with gender-differentiated impacts in each of five main categories of public spending (education, health, capital expenditure, government employment and compensation, and social protection and labor market programs), and examines and proposes indices within each category that can be used to identify and measure related gender gaps as well as associations and connections between those indices, public spending, and other available proxy measurements with some benchmarking potential. The purpose is to advance dialogue on the adoption of a gendered approach to government spending, by providing a gender lens that may assist country level assessments and discussions among IMF staff and member country authorities.
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Exploring the Role of Public Expenditure in Advancing Female Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality (2024)
This paper discusses connections between female economic empowerment and government spending. It offers a preliminary exploration of key factors and indicators associated with gender-differentiated impacts in each of five main categories of public spending (education, health, capital expenditure, government employment and compensation, and social protection and labor market programs), and examines and proposes indices within each category that can be used to identify and measure related gender gaps as well as associations and connections between those indices, public spending, and other available proxy measurements with some benchmarking potential. The purpose is to advance dialogue on the adoption of a gendered approach to government spending, by providing a gender lens that may assist country level assessments and discussions among IMF staff and member country authorities.