000			01685pab a2200169 454500
008			180718b2004 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aBanerjee, Nirmala
245			_aSieving budgets for gender
260			_c2004
300			_ap.4788-791.
362			_a30 Oct
520			_aGender budgeting exercises attempt to assess how far prevailing gender-based biases are incorporated into budgetary exercises. Such analyses also provide women with vital information regarding the contents and focus of existing government policies. The aim is to promote greater transparency and enhance democracy. After the late 1990s, when gender budgeting exercises were first set in motion, such exercises have quickly come into vogue and many scholars have undertaken them. This period has also been marked by shifts in economic policies, especially in developing countries. Reforms in the name of development that have had a pernicious effect on women have been implemented. Recent studies in India have looked at the many well-intentioned public schemes that have failed to achieve significant results. The set of papers included in this review illustrates the progress made so far. While there is still need for crucial interaction between analysis and the structures of gender that currently exist in society as well as with the elements necessary for transforming gender relations, these efforts, as presented here, are a step towards opening a meaningful dialogue with policy-makers to make them appreciate exactly what it is that women want and i what form. - Reproduced.
650			_aWomen
700			_aKrishnaraj, Maithereyi
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a63137
999			_c63137 _d63137