Gender in the Budget of Local Government Units

  • Debbie Budlender
  • Maria Isabel T. Buenaobra

Abstract

This paper was presented at the Asia-Pacific Summit of Women Mayors and Councilors heald at Phitsanulok Thailand from June1 9-22, 2001. It will serve as the introduction to and summary of a collection of case studies on gender budgeting that will be published as a book and launched in 2001. The case studies were
funded by The Asia Foundation and done in Bacolod, Negros Occidental; Angeles, Pampanga; and Surallah, South Cotabato. Another paper provides a review of the Gender and Development (GAD) budget policy experience in the Philippines.
Published
2008-09-18
Section
Research Reports

Keywords

Gender; Local Governments