Fiscal Policy for Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific - Gender Budgeting in India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book examines how macro-fiscal policy can lead to gender-aware human development in an emerging economy like India, with special reference to gender budgeting. Integrating gender lens in macro-fiscal policies has been widely recognized in international and national policy making and budgeting. The book highlights the gender diagnosis-the measurement issues relate to construction of gender outcome variables; the statistical invisibility of unpaid care economy sector and how deficiency in public infrastructure can accentuate the private costs; the analytical link between gender outcome variables and macro-fiscal policy frameworks; the role and impact of fiscal transfers on gender equality outcomes at subnational levels; time series of gender budgets in India across sectors and its fiscal marksmanship; gender disaggregated public expenditure benefit incidence analysis to understand the distributional impacts of public spending on women across income quintiles and suggest policy alternatives. The book uses unique database-time use survey data and the disaggregated demand for grants, expenditure budgets using gender lens. The book employs case study, simple statistical tools for the analysis and econometric methodology.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	July 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Lekha S Chakraborty
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	295
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-981-19-3280-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Public finance > General Books > Money & Finance > Public finance > General Promotions
LSN:	981-19-3280-8
Barcode:	9789811932809

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