Fiscal Policy for Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific: Gender Budgeting in India

This book explores how macro-fiscal policy can promote gender-aware human development in India, focusing on gender budgeting. It highlights issues such as measurement challenges, statistical invisibility of unpaid care work, infrastructure deficiencies, and the link between gender outcome variables and policy frameworks. It also examines the role of fiscal transfers and gender budgets in achieving gender equality outcomes. The book utilizes unique data and employs case studies, statistical tools, and econometric methodology.

Format: Hardback
Length: 295 pages
Publication date: 19 July 2022
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate relationship between macro-fiscal policy and gender-aware human development in the context of an emerging economy like India. With a special focus on gender budgeting, it explores the potential of integrating a gender lens in macro-fiscal policies to achieve equitable outcomes for all genders. Recognized globally and nationally, this approach has gained significant traction in policymaking and budgeting.

The book begins by examining the challenges associated with measuring gender outcomes, including the statistical invisibility of the unpaid care economy sector and the impact of public infrastructure deficiencies on private costs. It also highlights the analytical link between gender outcome variables and macro-fiscal policy frameworks, emphasizing the importance of considering gender in policy decisions.

Furthermore, the book explores the role and impact of fiscal transfers on gender equality outcomes at subnational levels. It examines the time series of gender budgets in India across various sectors and assesses their fiscal marksmanship. Through a gender disaggregated public expenditure benefit incidence analysis, it sheds light on the distributional impacts of public spending on women across income quintiles, offering valuable policy alternatives.

To support its findings, the book utilizes a unique database encompassing time use survey data and disaggregated demand for grants and expenditure budgets. Employing a combination of case studies, simple statistical tools, and econometric methodology, the book provides a robust analysis of the issues at hand.

Overall, this book offers valuable insights into the role of macro-fiscal policy in promoting gender-aware human development in emerging economies, highlighting the need for inclusive and equitable policies to achieve sustainable development.

Weight: 549g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811932809
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022