Gender influences the different way that public spending affects the populations of developing countries. For example, the transfer effects of public spending in subsidized government services may distribute unequally between men and women because they use these services differently. The papers on this site describe how some of the gender dimensions of public spending can be captured through benefit incidence and demand analysis. Using a recent example from Cambodia, this note illustrates the advantages of using a gender-disaggregated benefit-incidence analysis when conducting a public expenditure review and designing public expenditure programs. The use of this analysis technique, together with household survey data, enabled Cambodia’s Public Expenditure Review (IFAPER) to identify appropriate priorities for resource allocation and ways to manage expenditures more effectively, including the identification of ways to cost-effectively increase female lower secondary education enrollments and create alternative financing mechanisms for women in the health and agricultural sectors.
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Integrating Gender into Benefit Incidence and Demand Analysis
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Annex 1Â (PDF 182 KB)
Annex 2 (PDF 364 KB)
Annex 3Â (PDF 26 KB)
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