Gender Responsive Budgeting in South Asia - Experience of Bangladeshi Local Government

This book analyses the practice of local-level participatory planning and budgeting and its impact on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in Bangladesh. It offers a conceptual framework that brings into focus the contribution of successful participatory budgeting practice to ensure GRB.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Experience of Gender Responsive Budgeting in South Asian Countries 3. Women in Bangladesh: A Situation Analysis 4. Participatory Budgeting and Gender Responsive Budgeting: An Analysis of the Unresolved Relationship 5. Gender Responsive Budgeting through Participatory Planning and Budgeting: Experiences from the Bangladeshi Local Government 6. Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Role of Different Actors 7. Conclusion

About the author

Pranab Kumar Panday is Professor in the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. His main research areas include public policy, social movements, NGOs, social accountability, public sector management, governance, and gender studies. He is the author of 12 books, including Women Empowerment in South Asia: NGO Interventions and Agency Building in Bangladesh (Routledge, 2016), and co-author of Government and NGOs in South Asia: Local Collaboration in Bangladesh (Routledge, 2019).
Shuvra Chowdhury is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Her main areas of academic interest include open data analysis, right to information, grievance redress management, public financial change management, and gender studies.

Summary

This book analyses the practice of local-level participatory planning and budgeting and its impact on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in Bangladesh. It offers a conceptual framework that brings into focus the contribution of successful participatory budgeting practice to ensure GRB.

Product details

• Authors: Shuvra Chowdhury, Pranab Kumar Panday, Pranab Kumar Chowdhury Panday, Panday Pranab Kumar
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9780367709549
• ISBN: 978-0-367-70954-9
• No. of pages: 124
• Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Industrial relations, health & safety, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General